Cameroon: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Cameroon — 262 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
13.12
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.22
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.46
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
463,837.32
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.45
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
2,110.16
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
475,440.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
2,352.11
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.01
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
50.28
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-3.70
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
0.99
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
11.38
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
2.68
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
2.33
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
18.46
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
15.67
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
2.58
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
43.12B
GDP (current US$)
2024
53.30B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.52
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
1,480.73
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
1,830.01
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
0.85
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
4,916.93
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
5,588.99
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
143.20B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
162.77B
GNI (current US$)
2024
52.38B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
1,700.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
5,490.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
49.48B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
159.96B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
18.73
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
23.24
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
5.43
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
4.53
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.58
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
2.36
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
50.72
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
5.53
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
34.40
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
2.84
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2018
72.55
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
114.41
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
44.84
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
30.70
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
5.40
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
50.20
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
72.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
26.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
95.80
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
226.10
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
-3.99
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
-329.43M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
61.90
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
31.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
116.40
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
10.29
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.35
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.76
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.15
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.29
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.14
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.99
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.86
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-76.60
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.24
Fish species, threatened
2022
148.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
48.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
3.81
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
21.82
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.44
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.23
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.73
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.38
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
39.22
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.78
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.78
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.28
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.32
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.34
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
39.81
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
888.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
60.02
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.29
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.37
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
11.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
11.00
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
35.02
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
40.62
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.39
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.92
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
105.39
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
79.33
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
5.01
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
74.32
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
59,627.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
33.34
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
54.49
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.61
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
35.72
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
2.18
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
4.55
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
7.03
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
6.90
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
4.26
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2016
2.65
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
77.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
77.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
71.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
2.20
International migrant stock, total
2024
642,948.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
66.23
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
61.78
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
63.97
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
1.13
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
89.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
258.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
30.20
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
24.30
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
23.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
25.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
206.70
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
178.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
240.80
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.07
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.71
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.43
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
47.30
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
192.84
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
272.06
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
40.20
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
35.80
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
44.60
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
24.80
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
64.80
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
59.50
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
69.90
Net migration
2025
-15,379.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
5,356.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
6,516.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
8,594.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
8,919.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
38,551.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
2,500.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
24,029.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
61,508.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
4.44
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
71.41
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
47.07
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.14
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
41.44
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
5.99M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
40.99
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
6.08M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
41.90
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
12.07M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
55.76
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
8.17M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
55.93
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
8.07M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
55.59
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
16.24M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
2.79
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
449,894.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.08
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
364,056.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.51
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
813,950.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.61
Population, female
2024
14.61M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.16
Population, male
2024
14.51M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.84
Population, total
2024
29.12M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
59.20
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
38.70
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
41.00
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
38.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
7.50
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
10.30
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
10.90
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
16.20
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
33.89
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
109,879.00
Rural population
2024
12.99M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
44.60
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
2.00
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.03
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
8.50
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
3.54
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
13.49
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
68.31
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
58.42
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
9.60
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
3.91
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
15.40
UHC service coverage index
2023
48.00
Urban population
2024
16.14M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
55.40
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
3.11
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
41.85
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
44.81
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
39.56
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
56.60
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
73.94
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
3.60
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
1.67
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
888.22M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2023
2.10
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
5.90B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
4.45B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.81
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
51.62
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
17.76
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.31
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.26
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.22
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
16.39
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
12.43
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
35.94
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
12.43
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
8.20B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
8.62B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
6.73
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
49.80
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
25.96
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.07
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.53
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.99
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.32
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.33
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
42.87
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.33
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
26.46
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
1.97
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
101.29M
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.