Cameroon - Current account balance

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Current account balance (BoP, current US$) in Cameroon was ($1,512,407,000) as of 2020. Over the past 43 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $286,074,700 in 2007 and ($1,695,071,000) in 2019.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 ($92,399,290)
1978 ($186,359,200)
1979 ($125,679,700)
1980 ($445,401,500)
1981 ($481,672,000)
1982 ($385,741,000)
1983 ($411,858,900)
1984 ($168,918,400)
1985 ($561,519,700)
1986 ($451,826,000)
1987 ($892,736,600)
1988 ($426,458,800)
1989 ($289,898,400)
1990 ($551,191,400)
1991 ($335,688,400)
1992 ($365,783,900)
1993 ($512,249,900)
1994 ($56,069,410)
1995 $89,853,030
1996 ($286,663,500)
1997 ($582,196,000)
1998 ($150,780,800)
1999 ($509,552,000)
2000 ($218,400,400)
2001 ($347,657,600)
2002 ($439,310,600)
2003 ($597,885,400)
2004 ($416,181,800)
2005 ($495,561,600)
2006 $193,518,400
2007 $286,074,700
2008 ($451,560,500)
2009 ($1,123,177,000)
2010 ($857,140,100)
2011 ($749,196,900)
2012 ($955,933,700)
2013 ($1,128,087,000)
2014 ($1,401,975,000)
2015 ($1,173,691,000)
2016 ($1,037,444,000)
2017 ($949,763,100)
2018 ($1,409,334,000)
2019 ($1,695,071,000)
2020 ($1,512,407,000)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Cameroon was -3.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 1.20 in 2007, while its lowest value was -7.29 in 1981.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1977 -2.72
1978 -4.00
1979 -2.12
1980 -6.67
1981 -7.29
1982 -5.83
1983 -5.99
1984 -2.31
1985 -6.57
1986 -3.81
1987 -6.84
1988 -3.49
1989 -2.63
1990 -4.48
1991 -2.84
1992 -3.03
1993 -3.17
1994 -0.63
1995 0.83
1996 -2.58
1997 -5.40
1998 -1.33
1999 -4.41
2000 -2.07
2001 -3.17
2002 -3.54
2003 -3.74
2004 -2.21
2005 -2.54
2006 0.93
2007 1.20
2008 -1.63
2009 -4.02
2010 -3.12
2011 -2.45
2012 -3.17
2013 -3.34
2014 -3.85
2015 -3.64
2016 -3.07
2017 -2.63
2018 -3.53
2019 -4.27
2020 -3.71

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments