Bank deposits to GDP in Cameroon
Cameroon: Bank deposits to GDP was 16.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Bank deposits to GDP in Cameroon, 1963–2019
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, bank deposits to gdp in Cameroon stood at 16.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank deposits to gdp in Cameroon peaked at 18.8% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 1963.
That places Cameroon 173rd out of 185 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.3% | 5.1% | 7.9% | 7 |
| 1970s | 12.1% | 8.1% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.6% | 12.9% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.1% | 8.0% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.1% | 9.8% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 14.1% | 16.8% | 10 |
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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 deposits to gdp in Cameroon?
- Bank deposits to gdp in Cameroon was 16.8% in 2019, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 1984.
- What is the lowest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 1963.
- How does Cameroon rank for bank deposits to gdp?
- Cameroon ranks 173rd out of 185 countries with data for 2019.
- Is bank deposits to gdp rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Bank deposits (IFS lines 24 and 25); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).