Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 1,762 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Cameroon, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Cameroon is 1,762 USD, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Cameroon peaked at 1,762 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 204.01 USD, in 1970.
Cameroon ranks 164th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 204.01 USD | — |
| 1971 | 222.71 USD | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 279.6 USD | +25.5% |
| 1973 | 369.46 USD | +32.1% |
| 1974 | 383.8 USD | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 490.21 USD | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 520.02 USD | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 592.77 USD | +14.0% |
| 1978 | 759.32 USD | +28.1% |
| 1979 | 982.52 USD | +29.4% |
| 1980 | 1,185 USD | +20.6% |
| 1981 | 1,074 USD | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 1,052 USD | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,076 USD | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,031 USD | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 983.14 USD | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 1,166 USD | +18.6% |
| 1987 | 1,233 USD | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 1,170 USD | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 1,090 USD | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 1,224 USD | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 1,189 USD | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 1,225 USD | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 1,310 USD | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 700.71 USD | -46.5% |
| 1995 | 832.01 USD | +18.7% |
| 1996 | 826.97 USD | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 783.25 USD | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 798.75 USD | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 796.26 USD | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 708.57 USD | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 715.47 USD | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 789.62 USD | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 988.24 USD | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 1,133 USD | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 1,143 USD | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,191 USD | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,326 USD | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 1,492 USD | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 1,461 USD | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,399 USD | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 1,514 USD | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 1,449 USD | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,576 USD | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 1,649 USD | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1,415 USD | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 1,442 USD | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,496 USD | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,611 USD | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 1,555 USD | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 1,556 USD | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,672 USD | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 1,605 USD | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 1,737 USD | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 1,762 USD | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 480.44 USD | 204.01 USD | 982.52 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,106 USD | 983.14 USD | 1,233 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 968.56 USD | 700.71 USD | 1,310 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,095 USD | 708.57 USD | 1,492 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,511 USD | 1,399 USD | 1,649 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,666 USD | 1,556 USD | 1,762 USD | 5 |
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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 domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate -9.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1304 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 257.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), annual growth rate -12.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), per unit of GDP 75.87 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), per capita 149,652 current LCU per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 12.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9406 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Cameroon?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Cameroon was 1,762 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,762 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 204.01 USD in 1970.
- How does Cameroon rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 164th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).