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International Rankings of Cameroon - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 51 3.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 81 722579 2020
Internet users - percent of population 75 46.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 55 12.420 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 56 3.00 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 77 739572 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 74 83.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 57 22.442 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 40 2.10 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 8 45.30 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 105 7.405 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 106 6.118 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 63 3.40 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 149 1.795 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 114 9.375 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 30 554.53 N/A
Exports 121 7.449 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 102 34.990 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 145 21.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 107 11.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 86 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 78 21.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 59 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 118 56.80 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 19 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 120 9.027 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 113 3.22 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 126 2.27 % 2021
Labor force 52 11.810 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 20 70 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 101 13 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 161 17 % 2001
Population below poverty line 45 38 % 2014
Public debt 133 36.90 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 94 100.648 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 122 3.65 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 155 3700 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 113 3.459 billion US Dollars 2018
Taxes and other revenues 175 10.87 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 166 3.87 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 134 7.30 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 138 6.00 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 136 6.60 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 94 1.935 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 117 5.171 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 126 7.105 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 114 6.509 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 115 19.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 124 1.754 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 90 1.864 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 124 32.50 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 27 67.30 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 67 0.20 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 166 6.187 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 93 986.189 million cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 38 1.603 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 56 2.678 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 46 135.071 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 36 62200 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 65 20200 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 51 200.000 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 113 37900 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 58 63200 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 86 8545 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 139 14090 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 84 39080 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 106 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 143 21 2018
Land use - arable land 80 13 2018
Land use - forest 68 42 2018
Land use - other 61 38 2018
Land use - permanent crops 56 3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 139 4 2018
Revenue from forest resources 27 3 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 36 283.150 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 90 740.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 84 100.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 90 250.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 30 3.43 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 95 59 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 60 3.271 million tons 2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 106 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 58 475440 sq km N/A
Area - water 83 2730 sq km N/A
Coastline 117 402 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 36 4045 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 53 667 meters N/A
Irrigated land 122 290 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 38 5018 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 143 21 2018
Land use - arable land 80 13 2018
Land use - forest 68 42 2018
Land use - other 61 38 2018
Land use - permanent crops 56 3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 139 4 2018
Population Density 148 63.75 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 44 1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 68 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 17 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 85 4 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 14 35.13 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 48 11 % 1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate 115 19.30 % 2018
Current health expenditure 78 4 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 96 54 % 2023
Death rate 94 7.54 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 144 4.90 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 17 20.30 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 21 82.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 19 77.30 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 39 95 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 11 44 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 23 21 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 26 5 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 54 3 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 14 2.22 % 2023
Hospital bed density 58 1.30 beds/1,000 population N/A
Infant mortality rate - female 21 42.48 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 24 52.18 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 22 47.40 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 188 66 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 191 62 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 189 64 years N/A
Literacy - female 87 72 % 2018
Literacy - male 66 83 % N/A
Literacy - total population 75 77 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 21 438.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 154 19 years 2020
Median age - male 144 18 years N/A
Median age - total 145 19 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 74 20 2018
Net migration rate 95 0.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 101 11.40 % 2016
Physicians density 148 0.13 physicians/1,000 population 2019
Population 51 30.136 million 2023
Population growth rate 14 2.73 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 64 83 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 20 72 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 34 40 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 31 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 8 13 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 10 12 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 25 0.98 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 26 0.87 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 20 0.99 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 100 1 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 125 13 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 120 7 % 2020
Total fertility rate 18 4.50 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 30 3.43 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 95 59 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 134 7.30 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 138 6.00 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 136 6.60 N/A
Transportation
Airports 93 33 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways 77 22 N/A
Merchant marine - total 79 121 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 130 70000 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 133 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
Roadways - paved 91 5133 km 2016
Roadways - total 58 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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