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Cameroon: Principal arrears, official creditors

65,488current USD · 2025-97.4% since 2015

Principal in arrears on long-term debt is defined as principal repayment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202565,487.9
202468,858
2023114,041.9
2022113,121.7
202164,132,005.1
202027,451,976.5
20190
20180
20170
201633,731.2
20152,557,356.3
201426,058,515.1
2013116,826,980.5
201238,834,006.7
20110
201023,521,356.8
200915,583,657.6
20080
2007162,704.6
200627,034,279.3
2005401,167.1
20043,998,711.1
20033,245,462.6
200217,331,184.8
200110,091,712
2000118,179,366.4
199927,404,482.3
199828,311,375.5
1997169,653,286.3
1996374,497,692.8
1995242,781,383.5
1994197,365,218.5
1993249,504,749.3
1992124,206,927.1
1991224,866,934
1990102,971,099.5
198926,287,500.4
198871,060,153.7
198724,047,103.3
19864,102,057.1
19851,924,324.5
19841,605,276.5
19831,050,720
19822,775,894.1
1981749,162.2
19802,181,438.1
1979739,810.5
1978726,496.3
1977904,570.2
19760
1975958,326.6
19741,769,570.7
19730
19720
19710
19700

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