Deposit interest rate in Cameroon
Cameroon: Deposit interest rate was 2.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Deposit interest rate in Cameroon, 1990–2018
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, deposit interest rate in Cameroon stood at 2.5%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit interest rate in Cameroon peaked at 8.1% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2015.
That places Cameroon 95th out of 152 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.4% | 5.0% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 9 |
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More financial sector data for Cameroon
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 14.1% (2019)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.28 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 4.40 trillion current LCU (2019)
- Net foreign assets 2.35 trillion current LCU (2019)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 14.1% (2019)
- Broad money 21.4% (2018)
- Claims on central government, etc. 3.7% (2019)
- Domestic credit to private sector 14.1% (2019)
- Official exchange rate 581.93 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -15,379 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit interest rate in Cameroon?
- Deposit interest rate in Cameroon was 2.5% in 2018, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit interest rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 1994.
- What is the lowest deposit interest rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2015.
- How does Cameroon rank for deposit interest rate?
- Cameroon ranks 95th out of 152 countries with data for 2018.
- Is deposit interest rate rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Deposit interest rate is the rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.