Open translate

International Rankings of Cameroon - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES  Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese

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.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 50 3 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 78 722579 2020
Internet users - percent of population 59 38 % 2020
Internet users - total 54 10.087 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 51 4 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 73 964378 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 92 84 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 3.4 % of GDP 0
Exports 30 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 21.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 101 11.8 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 82 66.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 21 20.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 75 21.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 58 0.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 52 16.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 79 26.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 107 56.8 % of GDP 2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 34 35.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2001
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 1 37.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 0
Industrial production growth rate 54 3.3 % 2017
Labor force 50 9.912 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 18 70 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 93 13 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 147 17 % 2001
Population below poverty line 42 37.5 2014
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 88 94.940 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 131 3600 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 139 15.3 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 123 6.8 2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 121 5.8 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 118 6.3 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 123 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
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
Coal - consumption 117 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 58 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 108 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 72 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 71 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 112 6.509 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 94 0 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 - biomass and waste 57 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 114 32.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 27 67.3 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 64 0.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 70 0 % 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 - imports 86 0 cubic meters 2021
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 8.29 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 47 30.71 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 7 65.26 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 134 20.6 2018
Land use - arable land 77 13.1 2018
Land use - forest 60 41.7 2018
Land use - other 54 37.7 2018
Land use - permanent crops 50 3.3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 129 4.2 2018
Revenue from coal 29 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 24 2.5 % 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 2025
Urbanization - urban population 86 59.3 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 0.4 % 2009
Geography
Area - land 53 472710 sq km 0
Area - total 54 475440 sq km 0
Area - water 94 273056 sq km 0
Coastline 104 402 km 0
Elevation - highest point 35 4045 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 32 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 50 667 meters 0
Irrigated land 116 290 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 35 5018 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 134 20.6 2018
Land use - arable land 77 13.1 2018
Land use - forest 60 41.7 2018
Land use - other 54 37.7 2018
Land use - permanent crops 50 3.3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 129 4.2 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 27 20.04 6873
Age structure - 25-54 years 177 30.64 9483
Age structure - 55-64 years 178 3.87 2801
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 66 2.36 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 17 1.56 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 130 0.01 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 82 4.09 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 78 0.16 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 19.3 % 2018
Current health expenditure 74 3.6 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 81 7.73 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 134 4.9 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 17 20.3 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 20 82.3 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 19 77.3 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 38 95.1 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 11 43.8 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 22 21.4 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 24 4.9 % of population 0
Education expenditures 52 3.2 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 57 1.3 beds/1,000 population 0
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 0
Infant mortality rate - total 20 48.73 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 173 65.09 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 173 61.49 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 174 63.27 years 0
Literacy - female 83 71.6 % 2018
Literacy - male 69 82.6 % 0
Literacy - total population 75 77.1 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 14 529 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 144 18.8 years 2020
Median age - male 137 18.2 years 0
Median age - total 133 18.5 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 73 20.1 2018
Net migration rate 88 0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 96 11.4 % 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 83.2 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 18 72.3 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 32 40.3 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 30 16.8 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 12 11 years 2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 7 13 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 10 12 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 13 1.02 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 23 1 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 24 0.97 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 27 0.94 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 23 0.74 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 18 0.99 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 96 1.4 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 122 13.2 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 114 7.3 % 2020
Total fertility rate 16 4.55 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 29 3.43 2025
Urbanization - urban population 86 59.3 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 123 6.8 2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 121 5.8 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 118 6.3 0
Transportation
Airports 91 33 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 41 3 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 33 5 0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 42 1 2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 24 2 0
Airports - with paved runways - total 65 11 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 35 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 26 4 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 48 10 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 75 22 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 59 8 2021
Heliports 23 N/A 2022
Merchant marine - total 84 94 0
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 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - standard gauge 71 N/A 2022
Railways - total 86 987 km 2014
Roadways - paved 89 5133 km 2016
Roadways - total 52 77589 km 2016
Waterways 105 N/A km 2010

*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.

This page was last modified 04 May 24, Copyright © 2024 ITA all rights reserved.