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Cameroon: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-3.28percent · 2024+14.8% since 2014

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1977 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-3.284
2023-4.136
2022-3.394
2021-3.987
2020-3.709
2019-4.273
2018-3.527
2017-2.631
2016-3.068
2015-3.644
2014-3.853
2013-3.345
2012-3.17
2011-2.446
2010-3.116
2009-4.021
2008-1.629
20071.196
20060.925
2005-2.54
2004-2.211
2003-3.744
2002-3.538
2001-3.174
2000-2.067
1999-4.406
1998-1.335
1997-5.396
1996-2.584
19950.827
1994-0.63
1993-3.166
1992-3.03
1991-2.835
1990-4.476
1989-2.632
1988-3.485
1987-6.841
1986-3.811
1985-6.571
1984-2.31
1983-5.995
1982-5.835
1981-7.286
1980-6.673
1979-2.123
1978-3.997
1977-2.722

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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