GDP per capita in US dollars in Cameroon

GDP per person in Cameroon was US$1,972 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: GDP per capita in US dollars Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2025 US$1,972 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2024 +7.8% 2024: US$1,830 per person
World, 2025 US$14,406 per person Official aggregate
Position in 2025 154th of 186 See the full ranking

GDP per capita in US dollars in Cameroon over time

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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

GDP per capita in US dollars (current US dollars per person), 2001 to 2025
Period CameroonWorld
2025 US$1,972 per person US$14,406 per person
2024 US$1,830 per person US$13,717 per person
2023 US$1,720 per person US$13,314 per person
2022 US$1,605 per person US$12,876 per person
2021 US$1,672 per person US$12,473 per person
2020 US$1,556 per person US$10,999 per person
2019 US$1,555 per person US$11,418 per person
2018 US$1,611 per person US$11,345 per person
2017 US$1,496 per person US$10,784 per person
2016 US$1,442 per person US$10,239 per person
2015 US$1,415 per person US$10,192 per person
2014 US$1,649 per person US$10,912 per person
2013 US$1,576 per person US$10,759 per person
2012 US$1,449 per person US$10,598 per person
2011 US$1,514 per person US$10,497 per person
2010 US$1,399 per person US$9,555 per person
2009 US$1,461 per person US$8,827 per person
2008 US$1,492 per person US$9,426 per person
2007 US$1,326 per person US$8,685 per person
2006 US$1,191 per person US$7,803 per person
2005 US$1,143 per person US$7,291 per person
2004 US$1,133 per person US$6,818 per person
2003 US$988 per person US$6,130 per person
2002 US$790 per person US$5,539 per person
2001 US$715 per person US$5,404 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.8% from US$1,830 per person in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was US$1,415 per person, the figure has changed by +39.4%.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Cameroon has the 154th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was US$14,406 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Cameroon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices