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Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Cameroon

Manufacturing share of GDP in Cameroon in 2025 — 14.6%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 132. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 5 pp.

2025 14.6% +1.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 39of 132
Period maximum 17%1994
Period minimum 8.1%1979

Trend over time

1965–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Cameroon, 1965–20257.51012.51517.5196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 9.5%1967: 9.8%1969: 9.8%1971: 10.3%1973: 10.2%1975: 10.3%1977: 9%1979: 8.1%1981: 9.7%1983: 11.1%1985: 11%1987: 12.8%1989: 14.1%1991: 14.2%1993: 16.9%1995: 16.7%1997: 15.7%1999: 15.4%2001: 14.5%2003: 15.6%2005: 15%2007: 15.2%2009: 14.9%2011: 15.2%2013: 15.2%2015: 14.4%2017: 13.7%2019: 12.8%2021: 13.3%2023: 13.2%2025: 14.6%
Change over the period: +5 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 14.6%
World 14.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 9.6%
Middle Africa computed 10.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.6%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.6 +1.7 pp
2024 12.9 −0.3 pp
2023 13.2 −0.1 pp
2022 13.4 +0.1 pp
2021 13.3 +0.1 pp
2020 13.2 +0.4 pp
2019 12.8 −0.9 pp
2018 13.7 −0 pp
2017 13.7 −0.1 pp
2016 13.8 −0.5 pp
2015 14.4 −0.2 pp
2014 14.5 −0.7 pp
2013 15.2 −0.3 pp
2012 15.5 +0.3 pp
2011 15.2 +0.7 pp
2010 14.5 −0.4 pp
2009 14.9 +0.6 pp
2008 14.3 −0.9 pp
2007 15.2 +0.1 pp
2006 15.1 +0.1 pp
2005 15 −0.4 pp
2004 15.4 −0.2 pp
2003 15.6 +0 pp
2002 15.5 +1 pp
2001 14.5 −0.2 pp
2000 14.7 −0.7 pp
1999 15.4 +0.1 pp
1998 15.4 −0.4 pp
1997 15.7 −0.3 pp
1996 16 −0.7 pp
1995 16.7 −0.3 pp
1994 17 +0 pp
1993 16.9 +3 pp
1992 13.9 −0.2 pp
1991 14.2 −0 pp
1990 14.2 +0.1 pp
1989 14.1 +0.9 pp
1988 13.2 +0.4 pp
1987 12.8 +0.8 pp
1986 12 +1 pp
1985 11 −0.2 pp
1984 11.2 +0.1 pp
1983 11.1 −0.3 pp
1982 11.4 +1.7 pp
1981 9.7 +0.9 pp
1980 8.8 +0.7 pp
1979 8.1 −0.1 pp
1978 8.2 −0.7 pp
1977 9 −1.6 pp
1976 10.5 +0.3 pp
1975 10.3 +0.5 pp
1974 9.8 −0.4 pp
1973 10.2 −0.1 pp
1972 10.4 +0 pp
1971 10.3 +0.1 pp
1970 10.2 +0.4 pp
1969 9.8 +0.6 pp
1968 9.3 −0.5 pp
1967 9.8 +0.1 pp
1966 9.7 +0.1 pp
1965 9.5 —

Middle Africa, 2025

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

GQ Equatorial Guinea 22.3 GA Gabon 19.1 CM Cameroon 14.6 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.9 AO Angola 6.8 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.6
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About the indicator

The share of manufacturing value added in GDP. This is the cleanest indicator of an industrial base: unlike the share of industry as a whole it excludes mining and construction. A rising share usually accompanies industrialization, while its decline in advanced countries marks the shift to a service economy.

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

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