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🇨🇲 Cameroon
Republic of Cameroon
CMR CM Fr Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Every statistic we track for Cameroon — 104 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$5,994
58.7 yrs
5.08
0.11
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 60.9% | #88/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 60.9% | #89/139 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -5.1% | #142/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 7.8% | #128/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 59.6% | #37/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 606.4 | #25/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #81/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -1.7% | #59/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 65.1 | #90/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 183.7 | #86/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 2,125 | #156/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 2,812 | #136/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 5,994 | #154/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 2.8% | #86/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 39.3% | #128/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 2,513 | #145/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 2,513 | #145/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 3.5% | #91/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 6.4 | #109/130 | 2023 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 24.5% | #104/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 55.1% | #12/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 3.3% | #77/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.1% | #85/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 82,727,797,383 | #92/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4.3 | #16/217 | 2024 |
| Internally Displaced People | 1,004,257 | #15/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 18.2 | #219/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 20.9 | #58/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 30.6 | #49/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 65.7 | #153/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 140,366 | #25/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 55.4% | #139/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 72% | #175/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 46.3% | #148/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 89.8 | #159/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 33.3% | #50/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 15.2% | #142/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 12.8 | #10/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 6.5 | #16/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 4.5% | #137/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 36.8% | #109/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 41.2 | #24/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 58.7 | #173/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 63.5 | #168/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 13.8 | #35/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 6.1% | #160/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 4.8% | #88/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 48 | #165/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 2.8% | #80/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 7.4 | #110/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.4 | #169/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 371 | #136/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 73.1% | #41/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 40.9 | #130/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 6.8 | #69/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 10.6 | #115/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 79.7% | #113/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 49% | #62/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 2.1 | #74/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 27.9% | #63/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 12.8% | #29/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 6.8 | #18/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 45.7 | #111/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 11.2 | #48/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 85% | #13/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.1 | #100/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.8 | #104/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.2 | #121/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #84/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.3 | #128/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #127/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 0.9 | #116/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #155/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 9.9% | #84/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 82.5% | #76/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 77.1% | #74/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.7 | #68/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 65.7% | #106/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 48.8% | #124/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.6 | #98/153 | 2017 |
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