Cameroon | |||
Voter turnout in the national election | 43.8% (2020) [174/199 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 180 [67/190 countries] | ||
Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 81,554 [59/192 countries] | ||
% of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 33.89% [49/185 countries] | ||
% of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 8.89% [127/143 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 13.9 [180/209 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 17.3% [171/189 countries] | ||
General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | -1.14% [63/180 countries] | ||
General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 47% [119/185 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 15% [162/189 countries] | ||
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019) | 3.9% [99/117 countries] | ||
Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019) | 1.0% [72/113 countries] | ||
Taxes on property, % of GDP (2019) | 0.1% [86/111 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 2,722.4 [52/216 countries] | ||
Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 2.6% [16/217 countries] | ||
Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 70.9% [35/217 countries] | ||
0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 41.8% [19/193 countries] | ||
15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 55.5% [173/193 countries] | ||
65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 2.7% [176/193 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 59.6 [189/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 60.9 [188/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 58.4 [187/199 countries] | ||
Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 57.6 [144/216 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 4.44 [22/200 countries] | ||
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 34.4 [19/204 countries] | ||
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 529 [17/183 countries] | ||
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 48.3 [20/193 countries] | ||
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 72 [18/194 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 27.2% [44/154 countries] | ||
Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 9.6% [35/154 countries] | ||
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018) | 39% [20/151 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 2.2% [164/231 countries] | ||
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 406,259 [17/164 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 45.049 [92/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 1,655 [156/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 4,070 [155/192 countries] | ||
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 1,590 [138/173 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 43.5% [33/187 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 43.5% [33/187 countries] | ||
Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019) | 14.4% [145/187 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 10 [68/153 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Number of titles per 1 million inhabitants (2004) | 0.57 [125/154 countries] | ||
Newspaper journalists (headcounts) | 350 (2004) [51/76 countries] | ||
Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants | 20.1 (2004) [71/75 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.4325 [144/193 countries] | ||
E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.4167 [129/193 countries] | ||
Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.4706 [121/193 countries] | ||
Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.5971 [138/193 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Surface area (square km) (2020) | 475,440 [55/215 countries] | ||
Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 472,710 [52/216 countries] | ||
Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 20.6% [150/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 203,405 [30/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 43.0% [69/209 countries] | ||
Coastline (km) (2019) | 402 [113/230 countries] | ||
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 2.3% [118/172 countries] | ||
Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 24.6 [70/191 countries] | ||
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 1,604 [52/182 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Bird species, threatened (2018) | 29 [41/215 countries] | ||
Fish species, threatened (2018) | 122 [9/215 countries] | ||
Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 46 [15/215 countries] | ||
Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 555 [7/215 countries] | ||
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 10.6% [132/211 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 9,430 [107/191 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 0.36 [165/191 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Crude oil supply per capita (kg) (2018) | 53 [77/90 countries] | ||
Natural gas supply per capita (million J) (2018) | 1,198 [81/88 countries] | ||
Electric power supply per capita (kWh) (2018) | 343 [90/95 countries] | ||
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total (2018) | 41.5% [71/97 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 208.1 [14/183 countries] | ||
Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 45.2 [18/157 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 6.1 [107/173 countries] | ||
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 15.0% [154/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 7.4 [108/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 18.2% [159/173 countries] | ||
External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | -1 [95/173 countries] | ||
Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -1.517 [139/193 countries] | ||
Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 20 [138/161 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Period of United Nations membership () | 1960.0920 [82/192 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.4 [89/150 countries] | ||
Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 1.0% [114/148 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 30.2 [23/183 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 2.8% [156/190 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 40.6% [33/192 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 9.3% [143/150 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 53.5 [164/183 countries] | ||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 55.6 [165/183 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.60 [21/130 countries] | ||
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 174 [45/194 countries] | ||
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 1.75 [27/194 countries] | ||
Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 11,348,320 [24/194 countries] | ||
Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 23.9 [45/183 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 1.3 [170/193 countries] | ||
Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 3.6 [186/194 countries] | ||
Density of dentists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.1 [164/167 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 1,120 [148/165 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 7,804 (2021) [52/185 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 17.2% (2021) [44/185 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 43.5% [33/187 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 43.5% [33/187 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.81 [133/179 countries] | ||
Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.36 [128/179 countries] | ||
Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.45 [73/178 countries] | ||
Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 64.69 [53/178 countries] | ||
Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 5.5 [94/185 countries] | ||
Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.29 [114/177 countries] | ||
Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 23.41 [91/177 countries] | ||
Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 40.15 [6/175 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 128 [128/140 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 1,185 [100/196 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 0.5 [149/188 countries] | ||
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 8.8% [74/136 countries] | ||
International tourism, number of arrivals (ten thousands) (2019) | 102.1 [130/179 countries] | ||
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 10.8% [25/149 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 1 [114/151 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Book production, annual total | 52 (1999) [94/104 countries] | ||
Book production, % of arts and recreation | 0.0% (1999) [92/95 countries] | ||
Book production, % of literature | 0.0% (1999) [97/98 countries] | ||
Book production, % of religion and theology | 0.0% (1999) [96/97 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Number of cinemas (2005) | 203 [25/62 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) (2022) | 5.048 [100/145 countries] | ||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) - male (2012-2014) | 4.313 [130/162 countries] | ||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) - female (2012-2014) | 4.362 [129/162 countries] | ||
% of those who had positive affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 60.7% [112/154 countries] | ||
% of those who report that they felt happiness on the previous day (2010-2012) | 57.6% [121/155 countries] | ||
% of those who had negative affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 27.6% [51/155 countries] | ||
% of those who are satisfied with their freedom of choice in life (2021) | 73.1% [106/148 countries] |
Cameroon | |||
Christian, % of population (2012) | 40.0% [129/180 countries] |