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Economic Indicators For: Cameroon › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc, XAF
Year of data: 2008 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 19
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2013
Date of Last Update: 1 Sept 2009
Population: 18879301 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the di
Area: total: 475,440 sq km land: 469,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km
Natural Resources: petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower
Government Type: Cameroon government type
Government Ministers: Cameroon ministers
Capital: Yaounde
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook

Because of its modest oil and gas resources and good agricultural, agrarian, fisheries and farming conditions, Cameroon has amongst the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the major problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as a top-heavy civil service and a generally ungood climate for business enterprise. International oil and gas and cocoa prices or pricing have a marked impact on its economy. Since 1990, the state has embarked on various International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) programs designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in Agriculture, fisheries and farming, improve trade (imports and exports), and recapitalize the country's banks and financial institutions. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing for more reform, including increased budget transparency andopen or freeness, privatisation, and poverty reduction programs.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is XAF 8,767.11 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 3.449 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is XAF 10,410.00 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Cameroon in year 2008 is US$ 23.243 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions for each WEO exercise.

GDP Deflator for Cameroon in year 2008 is 118.739 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is XAF 452,313.59 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is XAF 537,073.56 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Cameroon in year 2008 is US$ 1,199.16 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

Output Gap, Percent of Potential GDP for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Cameroon in year 2008 is US$ 41.723 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Cameroon in year 2008 is US$ 2,152.60 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 0.06 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Cameroon in year 2008 is 249.5 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Investment (% of GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 125.619 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 5.338 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 127.432 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 5.313 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Six-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Change % for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Employment for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Population for Cameroon in year 2008 is 19.383 Million .

General Government Balance (National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Balance (% of GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (% GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (National Currency) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (% GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is not available

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Cameroon in year 2008 is US$ 0.083 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Cameroon in year 2008 is 0.355 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.