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Cameroon: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 59 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
21.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 21.3%
Average, 2016–2025
21.1%10 years
Record high and low
22.9% (2023)low 7.18% (1994)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202521.2
202421.3
202322.9
202222.0
202119.5
202019.1
201921.7
201822.1
201721.6
201619.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1963–1999
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1975–1994
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2020
  • World Development Indicators1990–2021

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Cameroon documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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