Portfolio investment, Debt … Portfolio Deposit taking corporations in Cameroon
Cameroon: Portfolio investment, Debt … Portfolio Deposit taking corporations was 2.70 billion US dollar in 2024. ▲ Rising
Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Deposit taking corporations in Cameroon, 2020–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund. Measured in US dollar.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2.70 billion US dollar for portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 57.6% over five years.
Cameroon ranks 63rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Portfolio investment, Debt … Portfolio Deposit taking corporations in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | US dollar | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.72 billion US dollar | — |
| 2021 | 1.98 billion US dollar | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 2.42 billion US dollar | +21.8% |
| 2023 | 3.06 billion US dollar | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 2.70 billion US dollar | -11.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2.70 billion US dollar is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 160.09 million US dollar, 16.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2.70 billion US dollar is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 169.42 million US dollar, 16.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More external debt data for Cameroon
- Net financial flows, IBRD 259.13 million NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0.8215 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.0004 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 65.95 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 11.63 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0064 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 370.22 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 2.27 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 14.24 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 14.56 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations in Cameroon?
- Portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations in Cameroon was 2.70 billion US dollar in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 3.06 billion US dollar in 2023.
- What is the lowest portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 billion US dollar in 2020.
- How does Cameroon rank for portfolio investment, debt securities, deposit taking corporations?
- Cameroon ranks 63rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Deposit taking corporations, except the Central Bank (Assets, Positions, US dollar). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Investment Position (IIP) is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents.