International Rankings of Cameroon 2022, 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	50	3.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	78	722579	2020
Internet users - percent of population	59	38.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	53	10.087 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	4.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	73	964378	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	92	84.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	55	22.350 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	103	6.556 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	106	5.363 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	128	932.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	112	9.375 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	105	7.730 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	99	34.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	135	21.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	101	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	82	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	75	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	52	16.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	79	26.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	107	56.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	20	47 %	2014
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	108	9.090 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	54	3.30 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	61	2.40 %	2019
Labor force	50	9.912 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	18	70 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	93	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	147	17 %	2001
Population below poverty line	42	38 %	2014
Public debt	119	36.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	89	94.940 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	50	3.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	152	3600 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	105	3.235 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	139	15.30 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	113	4.30 %	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	123	6.80	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	121	5.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	118	6.30	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	92	1.935 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	115	5.171 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	123	7.105 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	112	6.509 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	111	19.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	122	1.754 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	88	1.864 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	114	32.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	27	67.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	161	6.187 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	91	986.189 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	37	1.603 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	55	2.678 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	46	135.071 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	35	62200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	63	20200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	50	200.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	111	37900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	55	63200 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	82	8545 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	134	14090 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	80	39080 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	103	8 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	47	31 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	7	65 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	134	21	2018
Land use - arable land	77	13	2018
Land use - forest	60	42	2018
Land use - other	54	38	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	4	2018
Revenue from forest resources	24	3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	34	283.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	95	737.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	100	104.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	105	246.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	86	59	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	60	3.271 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	103	13082 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	83	0.40 %	2009
Geography
Area - land	53	472710 sq km	N/A
Area - total	54	475440 sq km	N/A
Area - water	79	2730 sq km	N/A
Coastline	105	402 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	32	4045 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	50	667 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	116	290 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	36	5018 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	134	21	2018
Land use - arable land	77	13	2018
Land use - forest	60	42	2018
Land use - other	54	38	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	4	2018
Population Density	134	62.03 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	43	1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	27	20.04	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	177	30.64	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	178	3.87	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	66	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	17	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	82	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	12	35.53 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	45	11 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	110	19.30 %	2018
Current health expenditure	74	4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	81	7.73 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	134	4.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	17	20.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	20	82.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	19	77.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	38	95 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	11	44 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	22	21 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	24	5 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	52	3 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	57	1.30 beds/1,000 population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	20	43.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	22	53.58 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	20	48.73 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	173	65 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	173	61 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	174	63 years	N/A
Literacy - female	83	72 %	2018
Literacy - male	69	83 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	75	77 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	14	529.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	144	19 years	2020
Median age - male	137	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	133	19 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	73	20	2018
Net migration rate	88	0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	96	11.40 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.13 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	49	29.322 million	2022
Population growth rate	14	2.75 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	63	83 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	18	72 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	32	40 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	30	17 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	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	23	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.74 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	96	1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	122	13 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	114	7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	16	4.55 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.43	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	86	59	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	123	6.80	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	121	5.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	118	6.30	N/A
Transportation
Airports	91	33	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	33	5	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	65	11	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	75	22	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2021
Merchant marine - total	84	94	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	126	70000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	129	265136	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	80	987 km	2014
Roadways - paved	88	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.