Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon
Cameroon: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service was 15.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon, 1977–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of exports of goods, services and primary income.
Analysis
In 2024, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon stood at 15.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 187.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon peaked at 18.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2012.
That places Cameroon 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of exports of goods, services and primary income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5.8% | — |
| 1978 | 8.1% | +38.6% |
| 1979 | 7.9% | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 8.9% | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 11.3% | +27.5% |
| 1982 | 15.0% | +32.9% |
| 1983 | 11.5% | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 11.6% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 11.6% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 12.2% | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 15.9% | +30.1% |
| 1988 | 11.8% | -26.1% |
| 1989 | 7.1% | -39.3% |
| 1990 | 12.5% | +75.4% |
| 1991 | 11.4% | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 8.6% | -24.5% |
| 1993 | 15.9% | +85.1% |
| 1994 | 16.4% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 16.8% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 18.1% | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 16.7% | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 17.2% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 15.6% | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 13.5% | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 7.0% | -47.9% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 13.4% | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | -62.2% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -32.8% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -38.6% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | +207.5% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | +23.9% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | +31.0% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | +82.1% |
| 2021 | 10.5% | -30.6% |
| 2022 | 18.7% | +77.7% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | -3.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 15.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.4%, 2.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 15.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.7%, 2.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +207.5% | 1.8% | 5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 3 |
| 1980s | 11.7% | 7.1% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 8.6% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.8% | 2.6% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 1.5% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 10.5% | 18.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More external debt data for Cameroon
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 23.92 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- 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)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.7% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA 338.75 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- 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, IBRD 111.48 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 370.22 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon?
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Cameroon was 15.8% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2012.
- How does Cameroon rank for public and publicly guaranteed debt service?
- Cameroon ranks 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public and publicly guaranteed debt service rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 187.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.