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Cameroon: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1975–2010 · 28 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2010
10.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−0.3 pointsfrom 10.9%
Average, 2006–2010
10.5%5 years
Record high and low
15.0% (1983)low 5.53% (1994)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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4%6%8%10%12%14%16%19751980198519901995200020052010CameroonCameroon
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201010.6
200910.9
200810.5
200710.6
20069.98
19989.00
19978.06
19968.39
19957.41
19945.53

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1975–1994
  • World Development Indicators1990–1998
  • AFRISTAT1990–2010

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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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