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IndicatorGDP per capita
Latest dataset year2025
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SourceWorld Bank — World Development Indicators
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GDP per capita — Cameroon

Latest available year: 2025 · Data available from 1960 Latest is based on data available for Cameroon.

What this indicator means: Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. Frequency: annual · Unit: current US$ per person.

Historical time seriesChoose the period for Cameroon. Missing years are shown as gaps rather than connected data.

GDP per capita in Cameroon

1960–2025 · current US$ per person

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2,1211,6911,261831401-29 current US$ per person 196019731986199920122025
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Source & methodology

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · View original source

World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are imported as published; null observations are excluded.

Status: verified · Last updated: 2026-09-12 17:02:20

First value1191960
Latest value1,9722025
Change over period+1,556.71%1960 to 2025
Observations66complete annual series

Understanding GDP per capita in Cameroon

Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. AfriFacto presents the available historical observations so readers can understand the direction, scale and changes in gdp per capita over time. Where a source does not report a year, AfriFacto leaves that year as missing rather than estimating a value.

Historical data table

YearGDP per capitaSourceStatus
20251,972 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20241,830 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20231,720 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20221,605 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20211,672 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20201,556 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20191,555 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20181,611 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20171,496 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20161,442 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20151,415 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20141,649 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20131,576 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20121,449 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20111,514 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20101,399 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20091,461 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20081,492 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20071,326 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20061,191 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20051,143 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20041,133 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2003988 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2002790 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2001715 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2000709 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1999796 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1998799 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1997783 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1996827 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1995832 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1994701 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19931,310 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19921,005 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19911,015 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19901,087 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19891,001 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19881,145 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19871,258 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19861,179 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1985875 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1984772 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1983746 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1982732 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1981750 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1980784 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1979718 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1978582 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1977435 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1976381 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1975386 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1974300 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1973272 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1972220 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1971187 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1970178 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1969175 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1968171 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1967157 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1966146 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1965143 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1964139 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1963132 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1962130 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1961125 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1960119 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified

African GDP per capita ranking 2025 · current US$ per person

The ranking uses the selected year. Countries without an observation for that year are omitted.

RankCountryGDP per capitaYear
1Cameroon1,9722025
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Central Africa · Latest imported 2025

GDP per capita1,972.38current US$ per person
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