Goods and services expense in Cameroon
Cameroon: Goods and services expense was 33.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Goods and services expense in Cameroon, 1990–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 33.6% for goods and services expense in 2021.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Cameroon peaked at 34.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1993.
That places Cameroon 9th out of 154 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.4% | 11.0% | 22.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 29.3% | 34.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 33.6% | 33.5% | 33.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 6 Solomon Islands 38.5% compare
- 7 Ukraine 35.7% compare
- 8 Nauru 35.6% compare
- 10 Micronesia (country) 32.9% compare
- 11 Guinea-Bissau 32.4% compare
- 12 Central African Republic 31.7% compare
More public sector data for Cameroon
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Tax revenue 11.3% (2021)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 21.8% (2021)
- Taxes on goods and services 43.3% (2021)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 4.5% (2021)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -2.8% (2021)
- Interest payments 6.8% (2021)
- Grants and other revenue 18.5% (2021)
- Interest payments 7.8% (2021)
- Other taxes 3.6% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Cameroon?
- Goods and services expense in Cameroon was 33.6% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 34.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1993.
- How does Cameroon rank for goods and services expense?
- Cameroon ranks 9th out of 154 countries with data for 2021.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.