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Cameroon

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$7,780
GDP (2031)
$92.4B
GDP growth (2031)
4.6% ↑
Inflation (2031)
2.8% ↓
Unemployment (2025)
3.6% →
Population (2031)
34.6M
Population growth (2031)
2.4% ↓
Gini index (2021)
42.2
Government debt (2031)
31.9% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-3.6% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$888.2M
Life expectancy (2024)
64.0 yrs
Health spending (2023)
4.6% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
46.3%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
108.2/100
Trade openness (2025)
33.4% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
581.93/USD
Foreign reserves (2024)
$5.1B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
31.9% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-3.6% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$888.2M

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2021)
0.42
Assessment
High inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

Tax revenue (2021)
11.3% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
50.4% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2020)
5.2
Bank branches per 100k (2020)
2.2
ICT service exports (2024)
10.5%
Goods and services tax (2021)
8.1%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $92.4B $7,780 4.6% 2.8% - 34.6M - 31.9% -3.6% - - - - -
2030 * $85.8B $7,948 4.4% 2.9% - 33.8M - 33.4% -4.3% - - - - -
2029 * $79.4B $7,592 4.3% 2.9% - 33.0M - 35.4% -5.0% - - - - -
2028 * $73.9B $7,238 4.2% 3.0% - 32.2M - 37.0% -5.1% - - - - -
2027 * $68.6B $6,903 3.8% 3.2% - 31.4M - 38.6% -5.8% - - - - -
2026 * $65.1B $6,569 3.3% 3.5% - 30.6M - 39.3% -5.1% - - - - -
2025 $59.3B $5,788 3.1% 3.4% 3.6% 29.9M - 40.4% -3.8% - - - - 581.93
2024 $53.3B $5,597 3.5% 4.5% 3.6% 29.1M - 43.4% -3.3% $888.2M 64.0 - 46.3% 606.35
2023 $48.8B $5,415 3.3% 7.4% 3.6% 28.4M - 43.6% -4.1% $821.5M 63.7 4.6% 42.2% 606.57
2022 $44.4B $5,188 3.7% 6.3% 3.7% 27.6M - 45.6% -3.4% $925.7M 62.4 4.5% 40.1% 623.76
2021 $45.0B $4,794 3.3% 2.3% 4.0% 26.9M 42.2 47.2% -4.0% $963.5M 61.2 4.3% 38.9% 554.53
2020 $40.8B $4,365 0.3% 2.5% 3.9% 26.2M - 44.9% -3.7% $675.2M 61.7 4.3% 37.7% 575.59
2019 $39.7B $4,241 3.5% 2.5% 3.6% 25.5M - 41.6% -4.3% $1.0B 61.7 3.7% 36.5% 585.91
2018 $40.0B $4,011 4.0% 1.1% 3.6% 24.8M - 38.3% -3.5% $765.1M 61.2 3.6% 29.7% 555.45
2017 $36.1B $3,767 3.5% 0.6% 3.6% 24.1M - 36.5% -2.6% $814.5M 60.8 3.8% 23.2% 580.66
2016 $33.8B $3,627 4.5% 0.9% 3.5% 23.5M - 32.1% -3.1% $663.9M 60.3 4.0% 20.6% 592.61
2015 $32.2B $3,498 5.7% 2.7% 3.5% 22.8M - 31.6% -3.6% $694.3M 59.7 4.1% 18.3% 591.21
2014 $36.4B $3,422 5.7% 1.9% 3.5% 22.1M 46.6 20.7% -3.9% $725.9M 59.1 4.3% 16.2% 493.76
2013 $33.7B $3,239 5.0% 2.1% 3.7% 21.4M - 17.5% -3.3% $547.4M 58.7 3.6% 10.0% 493.90
2012 $30.2B $3,060 4.6% 2.4% 3.8% 20.8M - 14.9% -3.2% $527.4M 58.2 3.9% 7.5% 510.56
2011 $30.6B $2,989 3.4% 3.0% 4.0% 20.2M - 15.9% -2.4% $653.3M 57.5 3.9% 5.0% 471.25
2010 $27.5B $2,914 2.9% 1.3% 4.1% 19.7M - 14.0% -3.1% $536.3M 57.0 3.6% 4.3% 494.79
2009 $27.9B $2,879 2.6% 3.0% 3.7% 19.1M - 11.3% -4.0% $746.3M 56.5 3.5% 3.8% 470.29
2008 $27.7B $2,870 2.8% 5.3% 3.4% 18.6M - 11.2% -1.6% $21.0M 56.1 3.7% 3.4% 446.00
2007 $23.9B $2,818 4.3% 1.1% 3.1% 18.1M 42.8 13.8% 1.2% $189.6M 55.7 3.8% 2.9% 478.63
2006 $20.9B $2,704 3.8% 4.9% 3.7% 17.6M - 18.4% 0.9% $59.1M 55.3 3.7% 2.0% 522.43
2005 $19.5B $2,598 2.2% 2.0% 4.4% 17.1M - 43.8% -2.5% $243.6M 54.9 3.8% 1.4% 527.26
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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