Gross national savings — all countries

Gross national savings — Cameroon

Gross national savings in Cameroon in 2024 — 15.5%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 146. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 11.4 pp.

2024 15.5% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 113of 146
Period maximum 24.8%1984
Period minimum 4.1%1977

Trend over time

1977–2024 · % of GDP

Gross national savings — Cameroon, 1977–2024010203019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 4.1%1978: 18.3%1979: 15.6%1980: 5.2%1981: 9.5%1982: 23.3%1983: 21.4%1984: 24.8%1985: 23.3%1986: 23.9%1987: 18.9%1988: 19.7%1989: 17.8%1990: 16.2%1991: 15.4%1992: 11.1%1993: 16.1%1994: 18%1995: 19.7%1996: 16.4%1997: 17.6%1998: 17.3%1999: 16.5%2000: 14.4%2001: 12.2%2002: 11.9%2003: 14.2%2004: 16.9%2005: 16.9%2006: 19.3%2007: 18.9%2008: 17.5%2009: 16.1%2010: 15.3%2011: 15.5%2012: 15.1%2013: 15.3%2014: 15.2%2015: 14.3%2016: 16.5%2017: 16.3%2018: 15.7%2019: 14.4%2020: 13.3%2021: 13.9%2022: 15.6%2023: 14.9%2024: 15.5%
Change over the period: +11.4 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 15.5%
World 26.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 17.6%
Gross national savings — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.5 +0.6 pp
2023 14.9 −0.7 pp
2022 15.6 +1.7 pp
2021 13.9 +0.6 pp
2020 13.3 −1.1 pp
2019 14.4 −1.3 pp
2018 15.7 −0.6 pp
2017 16.3 −0.2 pp
2016 16.5 +2.1 pp
2015 14.3 −0.9 pp
2014 15.2 −0.1 pp
2013 15.3 +0.2 pp
2012 15.1 −0.4 pp
2011 15.5 +0.2 pp
2010 15.3 −0.8 pp
2009 16.1 −1.4 pp
2008 17.5 −1.4 pp
2007 18.9 −0.4 pp
2006 19.3 +2.4 pp
2005 16.9 −0 pp
2004 16.9 +2.7 pp
2003 14.2 +2.3 pp
2002 11.9 −0.2 pp
2001 12.2 −2.2 pp
2000 14.4 −2.2 pp
1999 16.5 −0.8 pp
1998 17.3 −0.2 pp
1997 17.6 +1.2 pp
1996 16.4 −3.3 pp
1995 19.7 +1.6 pp
1994 18 +2 pp
1993 16.1 +5 pp
1992 11.1 −4.4 pp
1991 15.4 −0.8 pp
1990 16.2 −1.6 pp
1989 17.8 −1.9 pp
1988 19.7 +0.8 pp
1987 18.9 −4.9 pp
1986 23.9 +0.5 pp
1985 23.3 −1.4 pp
1984 24.8 +3.4 pp
1983 21.4 −2 pp
1982 23.3 +13.8 pp
1981 9.5 +4.3 pp
1980 5.2 −10.3 pp
1979 15.6 −2.7 pp
1978 18.3 +14.2 pp
1977 4.1

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross national savings as a percent of GDP — what is left of national income after all consumption, private and public. Savings and capital formation differ by the balance of external transactions: a country that saves more than it invests at home exports capital, and one that invests more than it saves imports it. Hence the stable link with the current account balance, which is exactly what this indicator makes visible.

Important: The difference between savings and capital formation is approximately equal to the current account balance — that is an identity of the national accounts, not a coincidence.

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