Economy - overview:
Because of its modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems confronting other underdeveloped countries, such as stagnant per capita income, a relatively inequitable distribution of income, a top-heavy civil service, endemic corruption, and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. Since 1990, the government has embarked on various IMF and World Bank programs designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in agriculture, improve trade, and recapitalize the nation's banks. The IMF is pressing for more reforms, including increased budget transparency, privatization, and poverty reduction programs. Subsidies for electricity, food, and fuel have strained the budget. New mining projects - in diamonds, for example - have attracted foreign investment, but large ventures will take time to develop. Cameroon's business environment - one of the world's worst - is a deterrent to foreign investment.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$47.12 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$25.8 billion (2011 est.)
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3.8% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$2,300 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 19.7%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 31.9%
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services: 48.4% (2011 est.)
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8.094 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]
agriculture: 70%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 13%
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services: 17% (2001 est.)
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30% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
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48% (2000 est.)
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lowest 10%: 2.3%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)
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44.6 (2001)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
20.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
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revenues: $4.63 billion
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expenditures: $4.989 billion (2011 est.)
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17.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
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-1.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
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16.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
3.4% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
NA% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$3.787 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$6.26 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$1.759 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$NA
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coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber
petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair
4% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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5.421 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
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4.883 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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65,330 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
30,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
101,300 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
46,490 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
20 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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20 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 173
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$1.097 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$5.361 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
Spain 15.1%, Netherlands 12.8%, China 9.4%, Italy 9.3%, France 6.5%, US 6.4% (2010)
$5.901 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food
France 19.1%, China 13.3%, Nigeria 12.4%, Belgium 5.5%, Germany 4% (2010)
$3.389 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$3.311 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
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