Liquid liabilities to GDP in Cameroon
Cameroon: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 21.4% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Cameroon, 1963–2018
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 21.4% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Cameroon peaked at 23.7% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1996.
That places Cameroon 174th out of 184 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.8% | 11.7% | 14.7% | 7 |
| 1970s | 18.2% | 14.7% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.6% | 17.5% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.4% | 10.3% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 13.4% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 17.8% | 21.4% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 liquid liabilities to gdp in Cameroon?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Cameroon was 21.4% in 2018, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 23.7% in 1983.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1996.
- How does Cameroon rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Cameroon ranks 174th out of 184 countries with data for 2018.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, 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. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); 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) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.