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Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: tax rates compared
Cameroon has an income tax rate of 38.5%, 18.5pp above Guinea-Bissau's 20%. The 200-country average is 28%: Cameroon sits above it, Guinea-Bissau sits below it. Cameroon's figure is dated 2025-12-31 and Guinea-Bissau's 2021-01-31, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Verified data covers four of the six tracked tax types for both countries; every rate below is cited to its source and dated.
At a glance
| Tax | CM | GW | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income Tax | 38.5% | 20% | CM +18.5 pplargest gap |
| Corporate Tax | 33% | 25% | CM +8 pp |
| VAT | 19.3% | 19% | CM +0.3 pp |
| Wealth Tax | 0% | 0% | match |
Income Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38.5% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Cameroon, Republic of (Individual, Taxes on personal income) · as of 2025-12-31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20% | Source: Ministério das Finanças (Guiné-Bissau) — Código do Imposto Profissional, Artigo 27º (Redação atribuída pelo artigo 10º da Lei nº 1/2021), via Kontaktu legislation portal · as of 2021-01-31 |
| Difference | +18.5 pp | Cameroon higher |
Corporate Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 25% | Source: Tax Foundation — Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates · as of 2025-01-01 |
| Difference | +8 pp | Cameroon higher |
Cameroon has a corporate tax rate of 33%, 8pp above Guinea-Bissau's 25%. The 201-country average is 22.6%: both sit above it.
VAT
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19.3% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Cameroon, Republic of (Corporate, Other taxes) · as of 2025-12-31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 19% | Source: Ministério das Finanças (Guiné-Bissau) — Lei nº 4/2022 (Código do IVA), via Kontaktu legislation portal · as of 2022-02-25 |
| Difference | +0.3 pp | Cameroon higher |
Cameroon has a VAT rate of 19.3%, 0.3pp above Guinea-Bissau's 19%. The 181-country average is 15%: both sit above it. Cameroon's figure is dated 2025-12-31 and Guinea-Bissau's 2022-02-25, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Wealth Tax
| Country | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 0% | Source: PWC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Net wealth/worth tax rates (quick chart) · as of 2025-12-31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0% | Source: Direção Geral das Contribuições e Impostos (DGCI) Guiné-Bissau — official withholding-tax return instructions (Instrução de Serviço, DGCI/2021), hosted on the Ministério das Finanças domain · as of 2026-07-18 |
| Difference | 0 pp | displayed rates match |
Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau share the same wealth tax rate: 0%. The 193-country average is 0.1%: both sit below it. Cameroon's figure is dated 2025-12-31 and Guinea-Bissau's 2026-07-18, so the two rates come from different data vintages.
Not covered for both countries yet: Capital Gains Tax, Crypto Tax.