Environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon
Cameroon: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.5314 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon stood at 0.5314 Percentage of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 14.9% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon peaked at 1.04 Percentage of GDP in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.5314 Percentage of GDP, in 2024.
Cameroon ranks 87th of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7122 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0.7302 Percentage of GDP | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.04 Percentage of GDP | +41.9% |
| 1997 | 0.9321 Percentage of GDP | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9443 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8969 Percentage of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7788 Percentage of GDP | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8694 Percentage of GDP | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8073 Percentage of GDP | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7725 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7906 Percentage of GDP | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7419 Percentage of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7348 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6955 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.63 Percentage of GDP | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6498 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6669 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6384 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6832 Percentage of GDP | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7097 Percentage of GDP | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.7175 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5982 Percentage of GDP | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5799 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6319 Percentage of GDP | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6181 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5975 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6186 Percentage of GDP | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6173 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5689 Percentage of GDP | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6242 Percentage of GDP | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 0.5314 Percentage of GDP | -14.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.5314 Percentage of GDP is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5921 Percentage of GDP, 90% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.5314 Percentage of GDP is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.01 Percentage of GDP, 53% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +41.9% | 0.7302 Percentage of GDP | 1.04 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8753 Percentage of GDP | 0.7122 Percentage of GDP | 1.04 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.747 Percentage of GDP | 0.63 Percentage of GDP | 0.8694 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6441 Percentage of GDP | 0.5799 Percentage of GDP | 0.7175 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5921 Percentage of GDP | 0.5314 Percentage of GDP | 0.6242 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More economy & growth data for Cameroon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.05 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -0.6569 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.7283 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -5.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.5318 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 17.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0156 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Cameroon was 0.5314 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 Percentage of GDP in 1996.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5314 Percentage of GDP in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Cameroon ranks 87th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.