World Bank · Economy
Cameroon: External debt stocks, total
15.77Bcurrent USD · 2024+173.5% since 2014
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,770,789,430.1 | |
| 2023 | 15,402,026,302.1 | |
| 2022 | 15,122,663,059.8 | |
| 2021 | 15,377,892,944.4 | |
| 2020 | 14,723,493,939.9 | |
| 2019 | 12,928,642,115.2 | |
| 2018 | 11,004,928,184.8 | |
| 2017 | 10,049,854,104.8 | |
| 2016 | 7,890,233,642.2 | |
| 2015 | 7,304,904,667 | |
| 2014 | 5,765,541,169.1 | |
| 2013 | 5,177,990,160 | |
| 2012 | 3,887,899,904.7 | |
| 2011 | 3,094,521,348.4 | |
| 2010 | 3,190,178,368.7 | |
| 2009 | 3,237,320,906.9 | |
| 2008 | 2,835,553,588.4 | |
| 2007 | 3,085,552,120.7 | |
| 2006 | 3,418,558,775.7 | |
| 2005 | 7,700,089,817.9 | |
| 2004 | 10,855,782,708.2 | |
| 2003 | 11,408,147,625.6 | |
| 2002 | 10,285,903,206 | |
| 2001 | 9,748,844,313 | |
| 2000 | 10,561,281,361.4 | |
| 1999 | 10,765,384,769.6 | |
| 1998 | 11,317,978,713.1 | |
| 1997 | 10,751,459,761.8 | |
| 1996 | 11,074,529,701.3 | |
| 1995 | 10,953,419,023.3 | |
| 1994 | 9,358,516,039 | |
| 1993 | 7,745,306,458.5 | |
| 1992 | 7,514,931,937.2 | |
| 1991 | 6,767,223,905.9 | |
| 1990 | 6,562,505,108 | |
| 1989 | 5,364,587,527.1 | |
| 1988 | 4,812,725,442.2 | |
| 1987 | 4,588,512,728.7 | |
| 1986 | 4,137,225,986 | |
| 1985 | 3,161,506,000.8 | |
| 1984 | 2,895,906,089.6 | |
| 1983 | 2,895,588,378.1 | |
| 1982 | 2,802,933,669.6 | |
| 1981 | 2,646,367,541.9 | |
| 1980 | 2,572,800,048.4 | |
| 1979 | 2,172,010,618.9 | |
| 1978 | 1,529,103,944.1 | |
| 1977 | 1,112,883,432.3 | |
| 1976 | 610,919,470 | |
| 1975 | 441,409,824.4 | |
| 1974 | 323,585,813.7 | |
| 1973 | 265,900,308.6 | |
| 1972 | 221,568,381.9 | |
| 1971 | 180,102,180.3 | |
| 1970 | 145,926,448.1 |
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