Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Cameroon
Cameroon: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 19.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Cameroon, 1963–2019
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 19.3% for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in 2019.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 78.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Cameroon peaked at 34.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 1997.
That places Cameroon 166th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 13.5% | — |
| 1964 | 14.5% | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 14.4% | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 15.0% | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 15.5% | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 14.6% | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 15.1% | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 15.3% | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 15.4% | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 16.7% | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 16.7% | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18.6% | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 20.1% | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 22.4% | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 26.4% | +18.1% |
| 1978 | 27.4% | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 27.4% | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 31.6% | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 33.1% | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 33.5% | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 33.3% | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 27.4% | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 25.0% | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 26.8% | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 29.5% | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 31.5% | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 33.9% | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 34.4% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 34.8% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 18.9% | -45.8% |
| 1993 | 12.6% | -33.5% |
| 1994 | 12.0% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 11.1% | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 10.3% | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 8.9% | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 9.8% | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 10.7% | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 10.6% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.8% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 10.8% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.7% | 13.5% | 15.5% | 7 |
| 1970s | 20.6% | 15.3% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.6% | 25.0% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.3% | 8.9% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.8% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 11.4% | 19.3% | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Cameroon?
- Deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Cameroon was 19.3% in 2019, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 1997.
- How does Cameroon rank for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp?
- Cameroon ranks 166th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by 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 deposit money bank claims, 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. Deposit money bank assets (IFS lines 22, a-d); 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).