Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Cameroon

Trade balance in Cameroon in 2025 — -4,246,726,670 US$. Ranked 103 in the world out of 138. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 103,970.5%.

2025 -4.25B US$ −160.68% vs 2024
World rank 103of 138
Period maximum 1.07B US$1993
Period minimum -4.25B US$2025

Trend over time

1965–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Cameroon, 1965–2025-6B-4B-2B02B196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: -4,080,624 US$1967: -18,292,600 US$1969: 5,770,107 US$1971: -51,207,085 US$1973: -62,811,432 US$1975: -81,656,289 US$1977: -93,210,794 US$1979: -424,028,384 US$1981: -432,822,893 US$1983: 75,161,065 US$1985: 160,040,348 US$1987: -513,084,235 US$1989: 323,503,987 US$1991: 634,513,723 US$1993: 1,071,655,488 US$1995: 712,153,596 US$1997: 521,311,608 US$1999: 187,230,061 US$2001: -114,993,489 US$2003: -218,692,651 US$2005: -98,869,795 US$2007: 177,450,170 US$2009: -841,139,052 US$2011: -938,106,663 US$2013: -808,245,361 US$2015: -1,147,279,402 US$2017: -901,317,345 US$2019: -1,459,111,721 US$2021: -1,671,323,232 US$2023: -2,042,798,870 US$2025: -4,246,726,670 US$
Change over the period: −4.24B (−103,970.51%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon -4.25B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Middle Africa computed 19.84B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -4.25B −2.62B −160.68%
2024 -1.63B +414M +20.25%
2023 -2.04B −871M −74.29%
2022 -1.17B +499M +29.87%
2021 -1.67B −339M −25.46%
2020 -1.33B +127M +8.7%
2019 -1.46B −214M −17.23%
2018 -1.24B −343M −38.09%
2017 -901M +24.75M +2.67%
2016 -926M +221M +19.28%
2015 -1.15B +167M +12.72%
2014 -1.31B −506M −62.63%
2013 -808M −120M −17.42%
2012 -688M +250M +26.63%
2011 -938M −250M −36.37%
2010 -688M +153M +18.22%
2009 -841M −35.27M −4.38%
2008 -806M −983M −554.14%
2007 177M −84.72M −32.31%
2006 262M +361M +365.16%
2005 -98.87M +40.93M +29.28%
2004 -140M +78.89M +36.07%
2003 -219M +92.91M +29.82%
2002 -312M −197M −170.97%
2001 -115M −304M −160.94%
2000 189M +1.46M +0.78%
1999 187M −739,005 −0.39%
1998 188M −333M −63.94%
1997 521M +143M +37.83%
1996 378M −334M −46.89%
1995 712M +178M +33.31%
1994 534M −537M −50.15%
1993 1.07B +802M +297.83%
1992 269M −365M −57.55%
1991 635M +281M +79.57%
1990 353M +29.85M +9.23%
1989 324M +315M +3,605.95%
1988 8.73M +522M +101.7%
1987 -513M −579M −876.98%
1986 66.04M −94M −58.74%
1985 160M −21.67M −11.93%
1984 182M +107M +141.77%
1983 75.16M −209M −73.58%
1982 285M +717M +165.73%
1981 -433M −483M −960.77%
1980 50.28M +474M +111.86%
1979 -424M −216M −103.58%
1978 -208M −115M −123.45%
1977 -93.21M +43.64M +31.89%
1976 -137M −55.19M −67.59%
1975 -81.66M −139M −243.47%
1974 56.92M +120M +190.61%
1973 -62.81M +22.5M +26.37%
1972 -85.31M −34.1M −66.6%
1971 -51.21M −68.93M −388.85%
1970 17.73M +11.96M +207.23%
1969 5.77M +32.03M +121.98%
1968 -26.26M −7.96M −43.53%
1967 -18.29M +3.69M +16.78%
1966 -21.98M −17.9M −438.64%
1965 -4.08M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

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