Cameroon's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) was 3.57 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.87% from 3.68 trillion in 2015 (0.29% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.57 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.54 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.68 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.49 trillion | 2022 |
| Lowest | 160.99 billion | 1967 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.98 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 182.38 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Cameroon's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) fell 14.4% on 2024 (from 4.17 trillion to 3.57 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.3% and a typical year strayed about 11% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 102.1% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.8% in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Cameroon had the 33rd highest value of the 128 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Cameroon in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Exports as a capacity to import equals the current price value of exports of goods and services deflated by the import price index. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 61 values
| Year | Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,572,000,486,829 |
| 2024 | 4,172,047,729,976 |
| 2023 | 4,115,221,942,175 |
| 2022 | 4,494,420,935,170 |
| 2021 | 3,961,632,016,426 |
| 2020 | 3,542,225,531,410 |
| 2019 | 4,375,436,938,530 |
| 2018 | 3,993,391,578,624 |
| 2017 | 3,779,437,143,928 |
| 2016 | 3,797,304,000,000 |
Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 4.07 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 2.32 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 56.76 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.97 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 107.39 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 165.96 billion (2025)
- Chad — 3.46 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 54.15 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 8.15 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Cameroon
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$5.05 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 3.02 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$34.19 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 20.13 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,144 (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$39.23 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 23.14 trillion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cameroon's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU)?
- 3.57 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 1,859% from 182.38 billion in 1965 (5.08% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.49 trillion in 2022 and the lowest 160.99 billion in 1967.
- How does Cameroon rank?
- 33rd highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) unusual for Cameroon?
- In 2025, Cameroon's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) fell 14.4% on 2024 (from 4.17 trillion to 3.57 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.3% and a typical year strayed about 11% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.EXP.CAPM.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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