Cameroon vs Costa Rica: Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets
Cameroon
1.58 trillion
in 2011
Costa Rica
1.71 trillion
in 2008
Cameroon rank
36th
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets over time
- Cameroon
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.71 trillion against 1.58 trillion in Cameroon, a difference of 131.40 billion.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 178 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.18 billion | -47.94 million | 6.23 billion | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 1.55 billion | -637.55 million | 2.19 billion | Cameroon |
| 1980s | -24.02 billion | -75.83 billion | 51.81 billion | Cameroon |
| 1990s | -246.42 billion | -2.65 billion | 243.77 billion | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 589.32 billion | 870.36 billion | 281.04 billion | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign assets, net foreign assets, Cameroon or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.71 trillion against 1.58 trillion in Cameroon as of 2008.
- What is the difference in foreign assets, net foreign assets between Cameroon and Costa Rica?
- 131.40 billion, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Costa Rica?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2008.
- How do Cameroon and Costa Rica rank globally for foreign assets, net foreign assets?
- Cameroon ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets (Depository Corporations Survey, Domestic currency). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Non-standard dataset provides discontinued, vintage country-reported financial data that are not harmonized and use country-specific terms.