Government consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Cameroon

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Cameroon in 2025 — 11.1%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 132. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2025 11.1% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 107of 132
Period maximum 14.8%1966
Period minimum 8.8%1982

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Cameroon, 1965–2025810121416196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 13%1967: 13.9%1969: 13.6%1971: 12.2%1973: 11.6%1975: 10.9%1977: 9.8%1979: 9.2%1981: 8.9%1983: 9.5%1985: 9%1987: 12.2%1989: 10.8%1991: 13.3%1993: 13.7%1995: 10.8%1997: 10.8%1999: 11.1%2001: 11.7%2003: 11.2%2005: 10.7%2007: 10.1%2009: 11.3%2011: 12.1%2013: 12.3%2015: 12.3%2017: 11.7%2019: 12.1%2021: 12%2023: 11.2%2025: 11.1%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 11.1%
Middle Africa computed 14.4%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.1 −0.4 pp
2024 11.5 +0.3 pp
2023 11.2 +0.7 pp
2022 10.5 −1.5 pp
2021 12 −0.2 pp
2020 12.3 +0.2 pp
2019 12.1 +0.2 pp
2018 11.9 +0.2 pp
2017 11.7 −0.4 pp
2016 12.1 −0.1 pp
2015 12.3 +0.2 pp
2014 12.1 −0.2 pp
2013 12.3 +0 pp
2012 12.3 +0.2 pp
2011 12.1 +0.6 pp
2010 11.4 +0.2 pp
2009 11.3 +0.2 pp
2008 11 +1 pp
2007 10.1 +0.1 pp
2006 9.9 −0.8 pp
2005 10.7 −0.3 pp
2004 11 −0.2 pp
2003 11.2 +0 pp
2002 11.2 −0.5 pp
2001 11.7 +0.9 pp
2000 10.8 −0.3 pp
1999 11.1 +0.5 pp
1998 10.6 −0.3 pp
1997 10.8 −0.7 pp
1996 11.5 +0.7 pp
1995 10.8 −0.6 pp
1994 11.4 −2.2 pp
1993 13.7 +0.9 pp
1992 12.8 −0.5 pp
1991 13.3 +0.5 pp
1990 12.8 +2 pp
1989 10.8 +0 pp
1988 10.7 −1.4 pp
1987 12.2 +0.8 pp
1986 11.3 +2.3 pp
1985 9 −0.6 pp
1984 9.6 +0.1 pp
1983 9.5 +0.7 pp
1982 8.8 −0 pp
1981 8.9 −0.8 pp
1980 9.7 +0.5 pp
1979 9.2 −0.5 pp
1978 9.8 −0.1 pp
1977 9.8 −0.9 pp
1976 10.8 −0.1 pp
1975 10.9 −0.1 pp
1974 11 −0.5 pp
1973 11.6 −0.6 pp
1972 12.2 −0 pp
1971 12.2 +0.2 pp
1970 12 −1.6 pp
1969 13.6 +0.3 pp
1968 13.2 −0.6 pp
1967 13.9 −1 pp
1966 14.8 +1.8 pp
1965 13

About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

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