Investment share of GDP in Cameroon

Investment in Cameroon was equal to 19.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Cameroon, 2025 19.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 18.9%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cameroon (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Cameroon over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period CameroonWorld
2025 19.3% –
2024 18.9% 26.3%
2023 19.3% 26.7%
2022 19.1% 27.5%
2021 18.1% 27.2%
2020 17.7% 26.5%
2019 18.9% 26.6%
2018 19.5% 26.7%
2017 19.4% 26.1%
2016 19.8% 25.7%
2015 18.2% 25.9%
2014 19.7% 25.9%
2013 18.7% 25.6%
2012 18.0% 25.5%
2011 18.7% 25.3%
2010 18.2% 24.6%
2009 18.6% 23.4%
2008 19.8% 25.5%
2007 18.4% 25.5%
2006 17.8% 25.0%
2005 18.7% 24.5%
2004 18.9% 24.1%
2003 18.1% 23.4%
2002 19.4% 23.3%
2001 18.8% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 18.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.2%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.

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
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1965 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