Cameroon vs Jamaica: GDP per capita

Cameroon
1.15 million current LCU
in 2025
Jamaica
1.27 million current LCU
in 2025
Cameroon rank
46th
Jamaica rank
43rd

GDP per capita over time

  • Cameroon
  • Jamaica
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196019922025

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 1.27 million current LCU against 1.15 million current LCU in Cameroon, a difference of 125,460 current LCU.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 46th and Jamaica ranks 43rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Jamaica Difference Ahead
1960s 35,511 current LCU 397.59 current LCU 35,114 current LCU Cameroon
1970s 85,401 current LCU 1,184 current LCU 84,217 current LCU Cameroon
1980s 307,130 current LCU 5,362 current LCU 301,767 current LCU Cameroon
1990s 386,505 current LCU 77,321 current LCU 309,185 current LCU Cameroon
2000s 595,796 current LCU 255,828 current LCU 339,968 current LCU Cameroon
2010s 810,410 current LCU 598,857 current LCU 211,553 current LCU Cameroon
2020s 1.02 million current LCU 1.04 million current LCU 23,959 current LCU Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp per capita, Cameroon or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 1.27 million current LCU against 1.15 million current LCU in Cameroon as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp per capita between Cameroon and Jamaica?
125,460 current LCU, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Jamaica?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Jamaica rank globally for gdp per capita?
Cameroon ranks 46th and Jamaica ranks 43rd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP per capita (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDP per capita (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.