Cameroon — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Cameroon, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Cameroon was 3.20% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.00% in 1978. The lowest was -10.91% in 1967 (about -3.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.57% per year.
Cameroon ranks 106 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Cameroon sits below it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 44%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 32 of 47 economies; Mauritius (3.15%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1185% in 2021. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1977. Doubling roughly every 45 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 89th of 107 in 1961 → 87th of 119 in 1970 → 123rd of 152 in 1980 → 167th of 176 in 1990 → 115th of 199 in 2000 → 126th of 209 in 2010 → 38th of 209 in 2020 → 95th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% | -0.3 pp |
| 2024 | 3.52% | +0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 3.35% | -0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 3.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 3.34% | +3.1 pp |
| 2020 | 0.26% | -3.2 pp |
| 2019 | 3.48% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 3.96% | +0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 3.54% | -1.0 pp |
| 2016 | 4.54% | -1.1 pp |
| 2015 | 5.67% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 5.72% | +0.7 pp |
| 2013 | 5% | +0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 4.63% | +1.2 pp |
| 2011 | 3.38% | +0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 2.58% | -0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 2.85% | -1.5 pp |
| 2007 | 4.33% | +0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 3.81% | +1.6 pp |
| 2005 | 2.23% | -4.8 pp |
| 2004 | 7.05% | +1.6 pp |
| 2003 | 5.45% | +1.0 pp |
| 2002 | 4.48% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 4.32% | +0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 3.83% | -0.7 pp |
| 1999 | 4.51% | -0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 4.73% | +0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 4.53% | +0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 4.22% | +1.3 pp |
| 1995 | 2.89% | +1.0 pp |
| 1994 | 1.88% | +9.8 pp |
| 1993 | -7.93% | -4.8 pp |
| 1992 | -3.1% | +0.7 pp |
| 1991 | -3.81% | +2.3 pp |
| 1990 | -6.11% | -4.3 pp |
| 1989 | -1.82% | +6.0 pp |
| 1988 | -7.82% | -5.7 pp |
| 1987 | -2.15% | -8.9 pp |
| 1986 | 6.77% | -1.3 pp |
| 1985 | 8.06% | +0.6 pp |
| 1984 | 7.47% | +0.6 pp |
| 1983 | 6.87% | -0.6 pp |
| 1982 | 7.52% | -9.6 pp |
| 1981 | 17.08% | +19.0 pp |
| 1980 | -1.97% | -8.0 pp |
| 1979 | 6.04% | -16.0 pp |
| 1978 | 22% | +8.3 pp |
| 1977 | 13.74% | +19.2 pp |
| 1976 | -5.5% | -16.7 pp |
| 1975 | 11.25% | +0.5 pp |
| 1974 | 10.73% | +5.4 pp |
| 1973 | 5.36% | +2.7 pp |
| 1972 | 2.67% | -0.8 pp |
| 1971 | 3.48% | +0.4 pp |
| 1970 | 3.09% | -1.8 pp |
| 1969 | 4.9% | -1.4 pp |
| 1968 | 6.35% | +17.3 pp |
| 1967 | -10.91% | -15.5 pp |
| 1966 | 4.61% | +2.6 pp |
| 1965 | 2.03% | -1.5 pp |
| 1964 | 3.55% | -0.2 pp |
| 1963 | 3.74% | +0.7 pp |
| 1962 | 3.04% | +1.9 pp |
| 1961 | 1.18% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cameroon’s GDP growth in 1962?
3.04% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cameroon’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +170.3% in total — about 1.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.2%; 2024: 3.52%; 2023: 3.35%; 2022: 3.74%; 2021: 3.34%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.