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Cameroon: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
39.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.6 pointsfrom 38.9%
Average, 2015–2024
35.1%10 years
Record high and low
106.5% (1995)low 10.7% (1970)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202439.5
202338.9
202240.6
202141.6
202039.4
201936.3
201833.2
201729.7
201626.2
201525.8

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1984–1995
  • World Development Indicators1990–1999
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022

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Cameroon documentation (PDF)

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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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