Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors

Cameroon
25.2%
in 2019
Sierra Leone
27.0%
in 2021
Cameroon rank
87th
Sierra Leone rank
84th

External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sierra Leone
0100200300199520082021

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 27.0% against 25.2% in Cameroon, a difference of 1.8%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Cameroon ranks 87th and Sierra Leone ranks 84th of 181 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 83.3% 223.1% 139.8% Sierra Leone
2000s 67.9% 106.7% 38.8% Sierra Leone
2010s 34.1% 43.3% 9.2% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors, Cameroon or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 27.0% against 25.2% in Cameroon as of 2021.
What is the difference in external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
1.8%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for external loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors?
Cameroon ranks 87th and Sierra Leone ranks 84th of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors (% of domestic bank deposits)
Unit
% of domestic bank deposits
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 4,509 data points, 1995–2021
Last refreshed

Data is from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 7A: External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors; bank deposits from IFS (IFS lines 24 and 25). End of year data (i.e. December data) are used.