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Cameroon — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Cameroon, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.20%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +170.3% since 1961
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.20%
First (1961)
1.18%
Change
+170.3%
Highest
22.00%
in 1978
Lowest
-10.91%
in 1967
Average
3.60%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.57%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 3.52% |
| 2023 | 3.35% |
| 2022 | 3.74% |
| 2021 | 3.34% |
| 2020 | 0.26% |
| 2019 | 3.48% |
| 2018 | 3.96% |
| 2017 | 3.54% |
| 2016 | 4.54% |
| 2015 | 5.67% |
| 2014 | 5.72% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.