Cameroon's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) was 29.82 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 83.57% from 16.25 trillion in 2015 (6.26% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.82 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 20.09 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 16.25 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 29.82 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 175.5 billion | 1965 |
| Average since 2016 | 21.9 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 175.5 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Cameroon's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 9.7% on 2024 (from 27.19 trillion to 29.82 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.8% and a typical year strayed about 2.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above 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 36.8% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 7% in 1988. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.4 trillion a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 31.49 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.02 trillion, against 4.28 trillion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Cameroon had the 28th highest value of the 132 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
- Türkiye — 24th of 132: 43.21 trillion
- Bangladesh — 25th of 132: 43.03 trillion
- Costa Rica — 26th of 132: 40.42 trillion
- Mexico — 28th of 132: 28.92 trillion
- Philippines — 29th of 132: 25.64 trillion
- Sri Lanka — 30th of 132: 24.31 trillion
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 61 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,823,560,499,300 |
| 2024 | 27,194,600,000,000 |
| 2023 | 25,138,200,000,000 |
| 2022 | 23,107,800,000,000 |
| 2021 | 21,362,752,000,000 |
| 2020 | 20,090,626,000,000 |
| 2019 | 19,697,536,000,000 |
| 2018 | 18,556,891,000,000 |
| 2017 | 17,408,352,000,000 |
| 2016 | 16,616,103,000,000 |
Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 80.56 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 9.6 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 207.88 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 12.51 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 12.88 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 281.09 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 1.87 trillion (2025)
- Chad — 8.37 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 874.7 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 167.35 trillion (2025)
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 final consumption expenditure (current LCU)?
- 29.82 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 16,893% from 175.5 billion in 1965 (8.94% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 29.82 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 175.5 billion in 1965.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.CN, 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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