International Rankings of Cameroon 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	10,207	134	2012
Internet users	749,600	106	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	737,400	88	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	13,100,000	64	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$5,726,000,000	104	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$4,819,000,000	110	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-3.60	136	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	4.25	95	31 Dec 2009 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	14.00	57	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$956,200,000	116	2013 est.
Debt - external	$3,207,000,000	132	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	44.6	43	2001
Exports	$6,015,000,000	106	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	30.70	120	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	16.30	96	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	67.40	83	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-34.80	58	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	21.00	105	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.00	134	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	20.80	44	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	27.50	100	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	51.60	158	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$25,010,000,000	104	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,300	187	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$50,160,000,000	96	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	4.60	76	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	21.00	70	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	35.40	43	2001
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.30	91	2001
Imports	$6,321,000,000	118	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	4.30	67	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	2.90	134	2013 est.
Labor force	8,246,000	57	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	70.00	34	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	13.00	136	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	17.00	174	2001 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	48.00	29	2000 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	16.10	138	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$3,431,000,000	104	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 6,279,000,000	121	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$2,772,000,000	127	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 3,482,000,000	114	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	19.3	172	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	30.00	24	2001 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	8,126,000	108	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	55,680	46	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	34,220	61	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	63,520	58	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	200,000,000	59	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	5,181,000,000	114	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	179	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	27.8	183	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	72.2	20	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	145	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	184	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	176	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,115,000	122	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	5,761,000,000	114	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	252.13	168	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	210,000,000	101	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	155	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	166	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	150,000,000	80	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	135,100,000,000	50	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	29,410	115	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	13,370	80	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	6,018	143	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	43,500	84	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	402	125	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	4095	45	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	148	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	58.9	148	3%/10%/68%
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.97	110	3%/10%/68%
Irrigated land (sq km)	257	125	2003
Land Area - sq km	472,710.00	53	NA
Land boundaries - km	4,591	38	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	13.04	83	2011
Land use - other (%)	84.01	153	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	2.94	71	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	43.47	166	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	475,440.00	54	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	285.50	35	2011
Water Area - sq km	2,730	84	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	4,548,909	54	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	4,667,251	57	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	2,718,110	64	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	2,794,998	61	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	211,636	50	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	215,248	53	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.30	112	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	4,076,797	46	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	4,151,140	47	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	40.00	39	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	2,066,718	55	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,107,067	55	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.30	46	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	3,240,609	63	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	3,317,740	62	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	31.90	193	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	468,077	75	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	419,751	76	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.30	187	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	381,725	84	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	319,597	82	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.40	189	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	31.93	37	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	16.60	45	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	23.40	146	2011
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	11.51	31	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	136	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	52.1	174	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	74.4	163	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	94.9	140	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	47.9	26	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	25.6	42	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	5.1	66	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.20	137	2011
Health expenditures	5.20	138	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	5.30	13	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	37,000	11	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	610,000	14	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.30	140	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	53.96	27	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	62.92	26	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	58.51	28	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	55.95	206	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	54.10	204	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	55.02	202	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	64.80	164	2010 est.
Literacy - male (%)	78.30	168	2010 est.
Literacy - total (%)	71.30	175	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	690.00	10	2010
Median age - female (years)	19.80	192	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	19.60	188	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	19.70	189	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	19.70	108	2011 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	96	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	10.30	130	2008
Physicians density	0.08	170	2009
Population	20,549,221	59	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.04	50	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	36.4	148	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	63.6	51	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	47.8	156	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	52.2	47	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	58.3	159	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	41.7	43	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	147	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	12	125	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	12	129	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	187	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	156	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	78	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.90	149	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.84	81	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	201	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.01	68	2014 est
Suffrage	20.00	14	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	4.00	40	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	3.23	42	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	52.1	126	2011
Transportation
Airports	33	112	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	11	111	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	22	100	2013
Pipelines (km)	1,200	85	2013
Railways (km)	1,245	82	2008
Roadways (km)	51,350	77	2011

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