International Rankings of Cameroon 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cameroon, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cameroon, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	141	1.49	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	95	400929	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	180	23.20 %	2018
Internet users - total	78	6.089 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	165	3.17	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	80	856411	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	168	79.31	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	59	21.401 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	105	6.556 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	108	5.363 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	133	932.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	115	9.375 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	128	40	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	134	46	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	61	86	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	151	16	2020
Exports	119	4.732 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	101	34.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	141	21.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	84	66.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	21	20.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	77	21.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	58	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	54	16.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	83	26.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	111	56.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	21	47 %	2014
Gross national saving	96	18	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	34	35.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2001
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	1	37.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	140	4.812 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	55	3.30 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	62	2.40 %	2019
Labor force	51	9.912 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	97	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	156	17 %	2001
Population below poverty line	44	38 %	2014
Public debt	121	36.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	96	94.248 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	53	3.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	180	3642 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	107	3.235 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	146	15.30 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	121	4.30 %	2014
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	118	7.672 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	35	96370	2015
Crude oil - imports	59	36480	2015
Crude oil - production	46	69000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	51	200.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	114	6.411 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	46	52	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	30	47	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	104	55.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	122	1.558 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	108	8.108 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	88	906.100 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	66	910.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	47	135.100 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	104	45000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	84	8545 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	137	14090 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	82	39080 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	105	8 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	48	31 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	7	65 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	139	21	2018
Land use - arable land	79	13	2018
Land use - forest	67	42	2018
Land use - other	58	38	2018
Land use - permanent crops	56	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	137	4	2018
Revenue from forest resources	25	3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	34	283.150 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	97	737.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	102	104.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	107	246.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	102	58	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	60	3.271 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	105	13082 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	0.40 %	2009
Geography
Area - land	55	472710 sq km	N/A
Area - total	56	475440 sq km	N/A
Area - water	81	2730 sq km	N/A
Coastline	112	402 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	32	4045 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	52	667 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	117	290 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	36	5018 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	139	21	2018
Land use - arable land	79	13	2018
Land use - forest	67	42	2018
Land use - other	58	38	2018
Land use - permanent crops	56	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	137	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	34	283.150 billion	2017
Population Density	144	60.34 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	57	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	29	20.04	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	187	30.64	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	188	3.87	N/A
Birth rate	12	35.91 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	114	19.30 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	74	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	77	7.93 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	4.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	18	20.30 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	24	81.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	21	76.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	43	94 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	11	45 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	24	24 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	26	6 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	47	3 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	15	3.00	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	12	14000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	15	500000	2020
Hospital bed density	56	1.30 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	21	45.02 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	25	55.01 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	23	50.09 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	180	65 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	183	61 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	182	63 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	15	529.00	2017
Median age - female	150	19 years	2020
Median age - male	139	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	140	19 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	71	20	2018
Net migration rate	89	0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	100	11.40 %	2016
Physicians density	147	0.09 physicians/1,000 population	2011
Population	50	28.524 million	2021
Population growth rate	12	2.77 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	73	83 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	18	74 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	30	42 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	33	17 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.88 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	16	4.61 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	122	7	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	115	6	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	122	6	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	102	58	2021
Transportation
Airports	91	33	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	75	22	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	129	70000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	131	265136	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	79	987 km	2014
Roadways - paved	89	5133 km	2016
Roadways - total	52	77589 km	2016

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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