Trade as a share of GDP in Cameroon

Trade in goods and services was equal to 33.4% of GDP in Cameroon in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1993.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1965 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2025 33.4% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.0percentage points 2024: 34.4%
World, 2025 68.5% Official aggregate

Trade as a 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.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period CameroonWorld
2025 33.4% 68.5%
2024 34.4% 56.7%
2023 37.9% 58.1%
2022 41.3% 62.1%
2021 36.7% 56.5%
2020 33.7% 51.9%
2019 43.4% 55.8%
2018 40.6% 57.0%
2017 39.2% 55.5%
2016 40.6% 53.8%
2015 45.5% 55.6%
2014 50.8% 58.0%
2013 49.7% 58.6%
2012 50.0% 59.3%
2011 51.5% 59.3%
2010 47.2% 56.2%
2009 42.2% 51.9%
2008 56.9% 60.3%
2007 53.2% 58.7%
2006 47.1% 58.4%
2005 45.0% 56.2%
2004 41.8% 54.2%
2003 40.2% 50.7%
2002 48.5% 49.0%
2001 51.6% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 34.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 45.5%, the figure has changed by −12.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.

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.TRD.GNFS.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