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Cameroon: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 58 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
16.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 16.9%
Average, 2016–2025
18.7%10 years
Record high and low
22.1% (2019)low 7.98% (1994)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202516.7
202416.9
202317.1
202216.8
202117.1
202016.6
201922.1
201821.8
201720.6
201621.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1963–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1975–1994
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2020
  • World Development Indicators1990–2021

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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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