Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Claims on central government, etc.
Claims on central government, etc. over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 3.9% against 3.7% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 134th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 131st of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -1.5% | 18.4% | 19.9% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 6.3% | 17.8% | 11.6% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.8% | -13.5% | 14.3% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -1.7% | 1.4% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 3.9% against 3.7% in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.2%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2019.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Cameroon ranks 134th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 131st of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.