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Cameroon Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Cameroon.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $51.33B $49.28B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 3.67% 3.25% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $1,481.4 $1,466.77 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $4,919.14 $4,870.57 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $43.14B $41.62B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 4.53% 7.38% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 3.52% 3.61% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 56.52% 57.15% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $4.97B $5.62B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $8.3B $7.93B Yearly 2023
Exports (% GDP) 14.74% 16.61% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 1.67% 2.09% Yearly 2023
Imports (% GDP) 21.15% 20.6% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$1.94B -$1.12B Yearly 2023
Tariff Rate 18.85% 18.56% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 35.89% 37.22% Yearly 2024
Interest Rate 4.5% 4.5% Daily Aug 31, 2025
Private Credit (% GDP) 14.09% 14.68% Yearly 2019
Adult Literacy Rate 78.2% 72.5% Yearly 2020
Gini Index 42.2 points 46.6 points Yearly 2021
Happiness Index 4.89 points 4.87 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 4.54 4.12 Yearly 2020
Population 29.12M 28.37M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 26.7% 29% Yearly 2021
Primary Enrollment Rate 112.64% 110.72% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 20.63% 20.63% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 9.94M tonnes 10.05M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 42.79% 42.91% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -1.16 points -1.13 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index -1.4 points -1.38 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 41.2 42.5 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 63.7 62.44 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.14 0.12 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 72% 71% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 41.9% 41.8% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $437M $681M Yearly 2020
Visitor Arrivals 1.02M 997,000 Yearly 2019