Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 13.04 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon, 1994–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 13.04 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2019.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon peaked at 13.5 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.84, in 1994.
That places Cameroon 137th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6.84 | — |
| 1995 | 8.66 | +26.6% |
| 1996 | 8.72 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 8.93 | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 9.64 | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 9.46 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 10.19 | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 11.28 | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 10.37 | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 10.55 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 9.8 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 10.46 | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 10.95 | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 11.48 | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 11.41 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 11.68 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 10.79 | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 11.72 | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 12.25 | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 12.85 | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 13.21 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 13.5 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 12.91 | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 13.2 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 13.37 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 13.04 | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.71 | 6.84 | 9.64 | 6 |
| 2000s | 10.82 | 9.8 | 11.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.69 | 10.79 | 13.5 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More poverty & inequality data for Cameroon
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.32 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,770 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 13.04 (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.42 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.558 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 14.32 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cameroon was 13.04 in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5 in 2015.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.84 in 1994.
- How does Cameroon rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Cameroon ranks 137th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Tax revenues vs income inequality Our World in Data
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About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.