Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Cameroon

Budget balance in Cameroon in 2031 — -1.2%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 188. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.3 pp.

2031 -1.2% +0 pp vs 2030
World rank 55of 188
Period maximum 6.3%2006
Period minimum -5.8%2016

Trend over time

2000–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Cameroon, 2000–2031-10-505102000200420082012201620202024202820312000: 2.1%2001: 1.2%2002: 1.6%2003: 3.5%2004: 2.1%2005: 3.4%2006: 6.3%2007: 3.7%2008: 1.9%2009: -0.1%2010: -0.6%2011: -1.5%2012: -1.2%2013: -3.5%2014: -3.4%2015: -2.9%2016: -5.8%2017: -3.7%2018: -2.3%2019: -3.6%2020: -3.5%2021: -2.9%2022: -1.1%2023: -0.6%2024: -1.5%2025: -2%2026: -1.7%2027: -1.4%2028: -1.3%2029: -1.2%2030: -1.2%2031: -1.2%
Change over the period: −3.3 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Cameroon -1.2%
World computed -4.85%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -3.08%
Middle Africa computed -2.47%
Budget balance — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -1.2 +0 pp
2030 -1.2 +0 pp
2029 -1.2 +0.1 pp
2028 -1.3 +0.1 pp
2027 -1.4 +0.3 pp
2026 -1.7 +0.3 pp
2025 -2 −0.5 pp
2024 -1.5 −0.9 pp
2023 -0.6 +0.5 pp
2022 -1.1 +1.8 pp
2021 -2.9 +0.6 pp
2020 -3.5 +0.1 pp
2019 -3.6 −1.3 pp
2018 -2.3 +1.4 pp
2017 -3.7 +2.1 pp
2016 -5.8 −2.9 pp
2015 -2.9 +0.5 pp
2014 -3.4 +0.1 pp
2013 -3.5 −2.3 pp
2012 -1.2 +0.3 pp
2011 -1.5 −0.9 pp
2010 -0.6 −0.5 pp
2009 -0.1 −2 pp
2008 1.9 −1.8 pp
2007 3.7 −2.6 pp
2006 6.3 +2.9 pp
2005 3.4 +1.3 pp
2004 2.1 −1.4 pp
2003 3.5 +1.9 pp
2002 1.6 +0.4 pp
2001 1.2 −0.9 pp
2000 2.1

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.