GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Cameroon

GDP per capita in Cameroon in 2025 — 1,972 US$. Ranked 154 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,556.7%.

2025 1,972 US$ +7.78% vs 2024
World rank 154of 186
Period maximum 1,972 US$2025
Period minimum 119 US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Cameroon, 1960–202505001,0001,5002,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 119 US$1962: 130 US$1964: 139 US$1966: 146 US$1968: 171 US$1970: 178 US$1972: 220 US$1974: 300 US$1976: 381 US$1978: 582 US$1980: 784 US$1982: 732 US$1984: 772 US$1986: 1,179 US$1988: 1,145 US$1990: 1,087 US$1992: 1,005 US$1994: 701 US$1996: 827 US$1998: 799 US$2000: 709 US$2002: 790 US$2004: 1,133 US$2006: 1,191 US$2008: 1,492 US$2010: 1,399 US$2012: 1,449 US$2014: 1,649 US$2016: 1,442 US$2018: 1,611 US$2020: 1,556 US$2022: 1,605 US$2024: 1,830 US$2025: 1,972 US$
Change over the period: +1,853 (+1,556.71%) Average annual rate: 4.41 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 1,972 US$
World 14,406 US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,673 US$
Middle Africa computed 1,586 US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,728 US$
GDP per capita — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1,972 +142 +7.78%
2024 1,830 +110 +6.37%
2023 1,720 +116 +7.2%
2022 1,605 −67 −4.03%
2021 1,672 +117 +7.5%
2020 1,556 +0 +0.02%
2019 1,555 −55 −3.44%
2018 1,611 +115 +7.66%
2017 1,496 +54 +3.77%
2016 1,442 +27 +1.89%
2015 1,415 −234 −14.21%
2014 1,649 +74 +4.66%
2013 1,576 +127 +8.75%
2012 1,449 −65 −4.28%
2011 1,514 +115 +8.25%
2010 1,399 −63 −4.3%
2009 1,461 −31 −2.06%
2008 1,492 +166 +12.56%
2007 1,326 +134 +11.27%
2006 1,191 +49 +4.27%
2005 1,143 +9 +0.81%
2004 1,133 +145 +14.69%
2003 988 +199 +25.15%
2002 790 +74 +10.36%
2001 715 +7 +0.97%
2000 709 −88 −11.01%
1999 796 −2 −0.31%
1998 799 +15 +1.98%
1997 783 −44 −5.29%
1996 827 −5 −0.61%
1995 832 +131 +18.74%
1994 701 −609 −46.51%
1993 1,310 +304 +30.28%
1992 1,005 −9 −0.92%
1991 1,015 −72 −6.62%
1990 1,087 +86 +8.57%
1989 1,001 −144 −12.6%
1988 1,145 −113 −8.99%
1987 1,258 +80 +6.76%
1986 1,179 +303 +34.64%
1985 875 +104 +13.43%
1984 772 +26 +3.51%
1983 746 +13 +1.81%
1982 732 −18 −2.35%
1981 750 −34 −4.37%
1980 784 +66 +9.15%
1979 718 +136 +23.43%
1978 582 +147 +33.67%
1977 435 +54 +14.15%
1976 381 −5 −1.24%
1975 386 +86 +28.78%
1974 300 +28 +10.36%
1973 272 +52 +23.47%
1972 220 +33 +17.88%
1971 187 +8 +4.61%
1970 178 +3 +1.91%
1969 175 +4 +2.56%
1968 171 +14 +9.04%
1967 157 +11 +7.42%
1966 146 +3 +2.17%
1965 143 +3 +2.5%
1964 139 +8 +5.76%
1963 132 +2 +1.23%
1962 130 +5 +4.37%
1961 125 +6 +4.65%
1960 119

About the indicator

Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.

Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.