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Cameroon: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2024 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
17.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 17.3%
Average, 2015–2024
17.8%10 years
Record high and low
20.1% (2016)low 7.98% (1994)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.4Forecast
203017.1Forecast
202916.9Forecast
202816.6Forecast
202716.6Forecast
202616.7Forecast
202516.3Forecast
202417.1
202317.3
202217.1
202117.0
202016.8
201919.1
201817.8
201718.2
201620.1
201517.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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