Cameroon - Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP

Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (current LCU)

The value for Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (current LCU) in Cameroon was 50,698,570,000.00 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50,698,570,000.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of -18,238,000,000.00 in 1981.

Definition: Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP is the discrepancy included in final consumption expenditure, etc. (total consumption, etc.). This discrepancy is included to ensure that GDP from the expenditure side equals GDP measured by the income or output approach. Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1965 0.00
1966 0.00
1967 0.00
1968 0.00
1969 0.00
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1973 0.00
1974 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 -18,238,000,000.00
1982 10,061,190,000.00
1983 2,128,595,000.00
1984 5,308,916,000.00
1985 -3,333,366,000.00
1986 -2,380,012,000.00
1987 8,830,484,000.00
1988 50,003,970.00
1989 1,199,489,000.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 0.00
1997 0.00
1998 0.00
1999 0.00
2000 0.00
2001 -90,890.60
2002 7,565.95
2003 20,431,310.00
2004 35,075.77
2005 -100,000,000.00
2006 100,000,000.00
2007 50,698,570,000.00

Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (constant LCU)

The value for Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (constant LCU) in Cameroon was -300,000,000.00 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of -300,000,000.00 in 2006.

Definition: A statistical discrepancy usually arises when the GDP components are estimated independently by industrial origin and by expenditure categories. This item represents the discrepancy in the use of resources (i.e., the estimate of GDP by expenditure categories). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 0.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 0.00
1997 0.00
1998 0.00
1999 0.00
2000 0.00
2001 0.00
2002 0.00
2003 0.00
2004 0.00
2005 0.00
2006 -300,000,000.00

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts