Cameroon vs Kenya: GDFI - private (current US$)

Cameroon
3.37 billion current US$
in 2011
Kenya
4.38 billion current US$
in 2009
Cameroon rank
13th
Kenya rank
10th

GDFI - private (current US$) over time

  • Cameroon
  • Kenya
1.0B2.0B3.0B4.0B5.0B197719942011

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 4.38 billion current US$ against 3.37 billion current US$ in Cameroon, a difference of 1.01 billion current US$.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 13th and Kenya ranks 10th of 49 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Kenya in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Kenya Difference Ahead
1970s 2.11 billion current US$ 542.75 million current US$ 1.56 billion current US$ Cameroon
1980s 1.27 billion current US$ 761.65 million current US$ 506.97 million current US$ Cameroon
1990s 1.24 billion current US$ 953.59 million current US$ 287.31 million current US$ Cameroon
2000s 2.23 billion current US$ 2.59 billion current US$ 354.67 million current US$ Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdfi - private, Cameroon or Kenya?
Kenya, at 4.38 billion current US$ against 3.37 billion current US$ in Cameroon as of 2009.
What is the difference in gdfi - private between Cameroon and Kenya?
1.01 billion current US$, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Kenya?
31 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2009.
How do Cameroon and Kenya rank globally for gdfi - private?
Cameroon ranks 13th and Kenya ranks 10th of 49 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as GDFI - private (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDFI - private (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 1,621 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Private sector’s gross domestic fixed investment (gross fixed capital formation) comprises all additions to the stocks of fixed assets (purchases and own-account capital formation), less any sales of second-hand and scrapped fixed assets. Data are in current U.S. dollars.