Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon
Cameroon: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 118.92 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon is 118.92, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 122.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon peaked at 132.49 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.17, in 2004.
Cameroon ranks 91st of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.22 | 1.17 | 45.99 | 3 |
| 2010s | 79.94 | 49.84 | 132.49 | 10 |
| 2020s | 118.92 | 118.92 | 118.92 | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Cameroon
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 172,365 current LCU per person (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 110.83 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.79 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2022)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2022)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.86 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.88 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.88 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.94 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 135.33 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Cameroon was 118.92 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 132.49 in 2018.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.17 in 2004.
- How does Cameroon rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Cameroon ranks 91st out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank accounts per 1,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 1,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.