Central government debt, total in Cameroon
Cameroon: Central government debt, total was 79.5% in 1999. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Cameroon, 1990–1999
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 1999, central government debt, total in Cameroon stood at 79.5%.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 122.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, central government debt, total in Cameroon peaked at 106.5% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 35.7%, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 18th of 83 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Central government debt, total in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.7% | — |
| 1991 | 48.9% | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 58.6% | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 48.6% | -17.1% |
| 1994 | 106.5% | +119.2% |
| 1995 | 106.3% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 84.8% | -20.2% |
| 1999 | 79.5% | -6.3% |
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More economy & growth data for Cameroon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.05 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 13.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 381.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 112.56 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 222,011 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 10.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1536 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Cameroon?
- Central government debt, total in Cameroon was 79.5% in 1999, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 106.5% in 1994.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.7% in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for central government debt, total?
- Cameroon ranks 18th out of 83 countries with data for 1999.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.