
Gross debt in Cameroon
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Cameroon in the period from 1998 to 2020 was between 3.2 billion and 16.4 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 16 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 619 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,783 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 22 years in billion USD
Year | Cameroon total | Cameroon per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 8.27 bn USD | 562 USD | 14,079 USD |
1999 | 8.54 bn USD | 565 USD | 14,032 USD |
2000 | 8.38 bn USD | 540 USD | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 7.19 bn USD | 451 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 7.50 bn USD | 459 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 9.01 bn USD | 536 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 10.50 bn USD | 608 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 9.30 bn USD | 524 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 4.14 bn USD | 227 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 3.53 bn USD | 188 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 3.23 bn USD | 168 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 3.36 bn USD | 170 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 4.04 bn USD | 199 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 4.81 bn USD | 230 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 4.65 bn USD | 216 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 6.14 bn USD | 278 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 7.84 bn USD | 345 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 8.36 bn USD | 363 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 9.17 bn USD | 387 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 11.06 bn USD | 453 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 13.71 bn USD | 547 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 14.64 bn USD | 568 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 16.39 bn USD | 619 USD | 30,783 USD |