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Cameroon: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−3.28%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.9 pointsfrom −4.14%
Average, 2015–2024
−3.57%10 years
Record high and low
1.20% (2007)low −12.0% (1972)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%1970198019902000201020202030CameroonCameroon
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.61Forecast
2030-4.26Forecast
2029-4.98Forecast
2028-5.12Forecast
2027-5.79Forecast
2026-5.08Forecast
2025-3.78Forecast
2024-3.28
2023-4.14
2022-3.39
2021-3.99
2020-3.71
2019-4.27
2018-3.53
2017-2.63
2016-3.07
2015-3.64

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1977–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1993–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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