Cameroon - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 7.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.57
1961 3.46
1963 1.48
1964 1.47
1965 1.71
1966 1.91
1967 1.58
1968 0.93
1969 0.94
1970 0.44
1971 0.34
1972 0.45
1973 0.60
1974 0.80
1975 0.42
1976 0.27
1977 0.44
1978 0.33
1979 0.37
1980 0.25
1981 0.32
1982 0.14
1983 0.10
1984 0.06
1985 0.90
1986 1.16
1987 1.88
1988 2.18
1989 1.93
1990 1.83
1991 1.87
1992 1.60
1993 3.27
1994 3.60
1995 3.01
1996 2.08
1997 1.80
1998 1.76
1999 1.71
2000 2.00
2001 2.55
2002 3.06
2003 2.75
2004 2.72
2005 2.98
2006 3.09
2007 3.69
2008 4.20
2009 5.60
2010 4.11
2011 4.51
2012 3.46
2013 3.09
2014 3.70
2015 4.79
2016 6.36
2017 5.10
2018 7.11
2019 7.90
2020 7.34

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Cameroon was 5,364,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,553,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 84,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 84,000,000
1961 96,000,000
1962 102,000,000
1963 128,000,000
1964 116,000,000
1965 134,000,000
1966 131,000,000
1967 177,000,000
1968 188,000,000
1969 204,000,000
1970 242,000,000
1971 251,000,000
1972 303,000,000
1973 334,000,000
1974 437,000,000
1975 599,000,000
1976 613,000,000
1977 735,000,000
1978 1,056,000,000
1979 1,275,000,000
1980 1,602,000,000
1981 1,427,000,000
1982 1,211,000,000
1983 1,224,000,000
1984 1,112,000,000
1985 1,151,000,000
1986 1,704,000,000
1987 1,723,000,000
1988 1,274,000,000
1989 1,261,000,000
1990 1,400,000,000
1991 1,173,000,000
1992 1,163,000,000
1993 1,102,000,000
1994 1,083,000,000
1995 1,199,000,000
1996 1,227,000,000
1997 1,359,000,000
1998 1,495,000,000
1999 1,318,000,000
2000 1,489,000,000
2001 1,852,000,000
2002 1,866,000,000
2003 2,163,000,000
2004 2,406,000,000
2005 2,735,000,000
2006 3,150,000,000
2007 4,657,000,000
2008 5,686,000,000
2009 4,442,000,000
2010 5,133,000,000
2011 6,800,000,000
2012 6,515,000,000
2013 6,649,000,000
2014 7,553,000,000
2015 6,045,000,000
2016 5,206,000,000
2017 4,796,000,000
2018 5,656,000,000
2019 5,646,000,000
2020 5,364,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 42.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.93 in 1968, while its lowest value was 37.41 in 2014.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 79.55
1961 78.17
1962 71.61
1963 79.80
1964 81.72
1965 82.91
1966 85.28
1967 85.93
1968 86.93
1969 84.89
1970 85.33
1971 85.22
1972 86.02
1973 83.13
1974 82.27
1975 84.36
1976 83.88
1977 83.32
1978 80.94
1979 83.99
1980 79.02
1981 81.79
1982 85.63
1983 83.10
1984 84.83
1985 84.49
1986 86.83
1987 84.78
1988 79.75
1989 79.29
1990 78.55
1991 79.92
1992 74.73
1993 77.26
1994 71.70
1995 58.91
1996 64.41
1997 63.41
1998 65.94
1999 62.65
2000 58.49
2001 64.14
2002 67.05
2003 64.87
2004 61.02
2005 46.69
2006 44.31
2007 62.85
2008 61.38
2009 56.44
2010 45.20
2011 39.02
2012 43.29
2013 42.57
2014 37.41
2015 39.55
2016 43.84
2017 43.99
2018 46.81
2019 41.65
2020 42.13

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 42.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.26 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.52
1961 4.41
1963 2.69
1964 1.47
1965 2.82
1966 3.36
1967 2.94
1968 1.26
1969 2.33
1970 1.96
1971 1.94
1972 2.10
1973 4.87
1974 4.49
1975 2.28
1976 3.33
1977 3.58
1978 4.65
1979 4.30
1980 4.71
1981 4.56
1982 3.36
1983 3.60
1984 2.66
1985 3.26
1986 3.21
1987 5.69
1988 6.17
1989 6.64
1990 7.94
1991 7.97
1992 3.82
1993 8.77
1994 10.59
1995 8.00
1996 7.92
1997 8.18
1998 9.41
1999 10.14
2000 8.59
2001 9.28
2002 12.46
2003 15.46
2004 15.90
2005 17.93
2006 18.94
2007 27.78
2008 28.89
2009 33.98
2010 25.16
2011 30.19
2012 27.15
2013 32.89
2014 33.35
2015 36.81
2016 40.60
2017 39.94
2018 37.61
2019 42.30
2020 42.62

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 27.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.89 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.37 in 1965.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.95
1961 0.84
1963 0.46
1965 0.37
1966 0.61
1967 0.56
1968 0.38
1969 0.79
1970 0.81
1971 0.95
1972 1.09
1973 2.57
1974 2.76
1975 1.10
1976 2.41
1977 1.74
1978 3.22
1979 2.19
1980 2.18
1981 2.31
1982 1.95
1983 1.85
1984 0.93
1985 1.42
1986 1.22
1987 1.24
1988 1.35
1989 1.51
1990 1.55
1991 1.98
1992 0.89
1993 3.83
1994 2.89
1995 2.31
1996 2.42
1997 3.12
1998 3.41
1999 4.01
2000 3.91
2001 4.57
2002 6.23
2003 7.84
2004 8.22
2005 9.31
2006 9.74
2007 14.23
2008 16.49
2009 20.86
2010 15.93
2011 18.34
2012 16.20
2013 20.70
2014 24.14
2015 25.30
2016 27.89
2017 25.28
2018 23.99
2019 26.94
2020 27.59

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 5.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 5.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1967 0.06
1969 0.02
1970 0.07
1971 0.05
1972 0.01
1973 0.01
1974 0.02
1975 0.01
1976 0.00
1977 0.01
1978 0.01
1979 0.09
1980 0.09
1981 0.23
1982 0.25
1983 0.24
1984 0.20
1985 0.32
1986 0.31
1987 0.05
1988 0.14
1989 0.17
1990 0.21
1991 0.40
1992 0.22
1993 0.43
1994 0.28
1995 0.39
1996 0.27
1997 0.76
1998 2.15
1999 1.98
2000 1.81
2001 1.71
2002 2.20
2003 2.43
2004 2.41
2005 2.11
2006 1.61
2007 1.76
2008 2.19
2009 2.09
2010 1.57
2011 2.02
2012 2.49
2013 2.12
2014 1.83
2015 2.25
2016 3.46
2017 4.34
2018 5.01
2019 5.17
2020 5.38

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 2.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 6.23 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.10
1963 0.09
1965 0.07
1967 0.06
1969 0.05
1970 0.05
1971 0.13
1972 0.08
1973 0.16
1974 0.05
1975 0.28
1976 0.09
1977 0.25
1978 0.50
1979 0.44
1980 0.30
1981 1.09
1982 0.60
1983 0.60
1984 0.57
1985 0.55
1986 0.88
1987 0.87
1988 1.78
1989 2.16
1990 1.81
1991 3.00
1993 1.37
1994 1.42
1995 1.57
1996 1.80
1997 1.14
1998 1.20
1999 1.06
2000 0.85
2001 0.87
2002 1.35
2003 2.00
2004 2.93
2005 3.77
2006 3.48
2007 6.23
2008 5.20
2009 5.30
2010 3.05
2011 4.42
2012 2.72
2013 3.34
2014 2.65
2015 3.12
2016 2.99
2017 3.69
2018 2.74
2019 2.81
2020 2.67

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 2.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.57 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.57
1961 3.46
1963 1.58
1964 1.47
1965 1.78
1966 2.14
1967 1.86
1968 0.82
1969 1.05
1970 0.45
1971 0.34
1972 0.50
1973 1.11
1974 0.97
1975 0.49
1976 0.38
1977 0.28
1978 0.33
1979 0.37
1980 0.23
1981 0.25
1982 0.33
1983 0.07
1984 0.02
1985 0.63
1986 0.61
1987 1.35
1988 1.19
1989 1.12
1990 1.42
1991 1.13
1992 1.60
1993 2.03
1994 2.44
1995 1.60
1996 1.37
1997 1.31
1998 1.15
1999 1.03
2000 0.94
2001 0.87
2002 1.15
2003 1.31
2004 0.98
2005 0.79
2006 1.11
2007 1.43
2008 1.55
2009 2.06
2010 1.56
2011 2.01
2012 1.47
2013 1.47
2014 1.64
2015 2.16
2016 2.80
2017 2.77
2018 2.86
2019 3.17
2020 2.44

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 4.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.26 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.56
1965 0.59
1966 0.61
1967 0.40
1968 0.05
1969 0.44
1970 0.57
1971 0.46
1972 0.41
1973 1.01
1974 0.70
1975 0.40
1976 0.46
1977 1.30
1978 0.59
1979 1.22
1980 1.92
1981 0.68
1982 0.24
1983 0.84
1984 0.95
1985 0.35
1986 0.20
1987 2.18
1988 1.70
1989 1.68
1990 2.94
1991 1.45
1992 1.10
1993 1.10
1994 3.57
1995 2.13
1996 2.07
1997 1.86
1998 1.49
1999 2.06
2000 1.08
2001 1.27
2002 1.53
2003 1.89
2004 1.35
2005 1.95
2006 2.99
2007 4.13
2008 3.46
2009 3.68
2010 3.04
2011 3.40
2012 4.27
2013 5.26
2014 3.10
2015 3.98
2016 3.45
2017 3.85
2018 3.01
2019 4.21
2020 4.54

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 14.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.24 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.83
1961 1.15
1963 11.49
1964 7.07
1965 6.32
1966 4.42
1967 4.75
1968 8.10
1969 9.16
1970 8.91
1971 8.97
1972 8.58
1973 8.47
1974 9.07
1975 7.67
1976 7.22
1977 8.50
1978 9.15
1979 6.68
1980 10.21
1981 8.47
1982 3.73
1983 5.77
1984 4.54
1985 6.56
1986 4.96
1987 4.10
1988 6.16
1989 6.56
1990 6.71
1991 6.18
1992 5.32
1993 8.12
1994 8.63
1995 19.26
1996 21.05
1997 20.11
1998 15.27
1999 21.01
2000 28.73
2001 23.37
2002 19.11
2003 18.84
2004 19.54
2005 34.24
2006 33.80
2007 6.81
2008 8.37
2009 9.29
2010 29.64
2011 30.78
2012 29.08
2013 24.54
2014 29.23
2015 23.60
2016 14.76
2017 15.39
2018 14.90
2019 15.40
2020 14.65

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 0.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.39 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2013.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 15.10
1961 16.26
1962 28.39
1963 6.02
1964 9.74
1965 7.95
1966 6.94
1967 6.38
1968 3.72
1969 3.62
1970 3.80
1971 3.88
1972 3.30
1973 3.52
1974 4.17
1975 5.69
1976 5.57
1977 4.60
1978 5.26
1979 5.02
1980 6.06
1981 5.18
1982 7.27
1983 7.53
1984 7.97
1985 5.69
1986 5.00
1987 5.44
1988 7.92
1989 7.51
1990 6.79
1991 5.92
1992 16.14
1993 5.85
1994 9.09
1995 13.83
1996 6.63
1997 8.30
1998 9.39
1999 6.20
2000 4.19
2001 3.21
2002 1.38
2003 0.83
2004 3.54
2005 1.14
2006 2.94
2007 2.56
2008 1.36
2009 0.29
2010 0.00
2011 0.00
2012 0.49
2013 0.00
2014 0.00
2015 0.05
2016 0.80
2017 0.68
2018 0.68
2019 0.64
2020 0.60

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Cameroon was $5,852,882,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $7,533,544,000 in 2014 and $84,100,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $84,100,000
1961 $95,300,000
1962 $101,800,000
1963 $107,900,000
1964 $116,000,000
1965 $134,600,000
1966 $131,100,000
1967 $177,000,000
1968 $182,800,000
1969 $206,284,000
1970 $242,019,000
1971 $249,660,000
1972 $303,210,000
1973 $334,730,000
1974 $437,258,000
1975 $598,862,000
1976 $608,980,000
1977 $785,634,000
1978 $1,045,432,000
1979 $1,277,117,000
1980 $1,616,101,000
1981 $1,436,160,000
1982 $1,210,301,000
1983 $1,268,085,000
1984 $1,121,614,000
1985 $1,144,343,000
1986 $1,525,229,000
1987 $1,717,659,000
1988 $1,280,556,000
1989 $1,273,330,000
1990 $1,554,864,000
1991 $1,345,013,000
1992 $1,162,836,000
1993 $881,080,700
1994 $717,429,300
1995 $1,199,461,000
1996 $1,226,510,000
1997 $1,360,236,000
1998 $1,494,668,000
1999 $1,317,574,000
2000 $1,491,517,000
2001 $1,838,335,000
2002 $1,817,294,000
2003 $1,828,664,000
2004 $2,441,479,000
2005 $2,812,691,000
2006 $3,169,525,000
2007 $3,303,202,000
2008 $4,151,983,000
2009 $3,725,905,000
2010 $5,080,812,000
2011 $6,587,457,000
2012 $6,425,509,000
2013 $6,651,520,000
2014 $7,533,544,000
2015 $6,019,875,000
2016 $4,909,887,000
2017 $5,198,132,000
2018 $5,821,987,000
2019 $5,341,550,000
2020 $5,852,882,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Cameroon was 14.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.24 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.83
1961 1.15
1963 11.49
1964 7.07
1965 6.32
1966 4.42
1967 4.75
1968 8.10
1969 9.16
1970 8.91
1971 8.97
1972 8.58
1973 8.47
1974 9.07
1975 7.67
1976 7.22
1977 8.50
1978 9.15
1979 6.68
1980 10.21
1981 8.47
1982 3.73
1983 5.77
1984 4.54
1985 6.56
1986 4.96
1987 4.10
1988 6.16
1989 6.56
1990 6.71
1991 6.18
1992 5.32
1993 8.12
1994 8.63
1995 19.26
1996 21.05
1997 20.11
1998 15.27
1999 21.01
2000 28.73
2001 23.37
2002 19.11
2003 18.84
2004 19.54
2005 34.24
2006 33.80
2007 6.81
2008 8.37
2009 9.29
2010 29.64
2011 30.78
2012 29.08
2013 24.54
2014 29.23
2015 23.60
2016 14.76
2017 15.39
2018 14.90
2019 15.40
2020 14.65

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports