Cameroon vs Zambia: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita

Cameroon
45.62 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Zambia
49.02 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Cameroon rank
169th
Zambia rank
168th

Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita over time

  • Cameroon
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 49.02 BoP, current US$ per person against 45.62 BoP, current US$ per person in Cameroon, a difference of 3.4 BoP, current US$ per person.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 169th and Zambia ranks 168th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 7.62 BoP, current US$ per person 5.79 BoP, current US$ per person 1.83 BoP, current US$ per person Cameroon
1980s 11.39 BoP, current US$ per person 5.46 BoP, current US$ per person 5.92 BoP, current US$ per person Cameroon
1990s 6.07 BoP, current US$ per person 41.93 BoP, current US$ per person 35.86 BoP, current US$ per person Zambia
2000s 25.71 BoP, current US$ per person 20.4 BoP, current US$ per person 5.31 BoP, current US$ per person Cameroon
2010s 26.59 BoP, current US$ per person 21.47 BoP, current US$ per person 5.12 BoP, current US$ per person Cameroon
2020s 38.49 BoP, current US$ per person 24.46 BoP, current US$ per person 14.03 BoP, current US$ per person Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per capita, Cameroon or Zambia?
Zambia, at 49.02 BoP, current US$ per person against 45.62 BoP, current US$ per person in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per capita between Cameroon and Zambia?
3.4 BoP, current US$ per person, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Zambia?
36 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Zambia rank globally for secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per capita?
Cameroon ranks 169th and Zambia ranks 168th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 9,218 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.