Cameroon's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) was 19.34% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.73 percentage points from 18.61% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 19.34% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 18.19% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.61% | 2015 |
| Highest | 45.11% | 1978 |
| Lowest | 14.31% | 1992 |
| Average since 2016 | 18.93% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 16.38% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Cameroon's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) rose 1.16 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.18% to 19.34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 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 22.52 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.57 percentage points in 1980. 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 15% 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 95th highest value of the 126 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19.34% | 2025 |
| World | 25.62% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.97% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 28.86% | 2025 |
Closest to Cameroon in the 2025 ranking
- Netherlands — 91st of 126: 19.8%
- Mauritius — 92nd of 126: 19.74%
- Ukraine — 93rd of 126: 19.36%
- Georgia — 95th of 126: 19.02%
- United Kingdom — 96th of 126: 18.88%
- Seychelles — 97th of 126: 18.71%
What this measures
Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 51 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.34 |
| 2024 | 18.18 |
| 2023 | 19.15 |
| 2022 | 18.82 |
| 2021 | 18.19 |
| 2020 | 18.19 |
| 2019 | 19.09 |
| 2018 | 19.55 |
| 2017 | 19.3 |
| 2016 | 19.46 |
| 2015 |
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 10.62% (2024)
- Benin — 35.43% (2025)
- Botswana — 28.23% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 16.73% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 14.78% (2025)
- Chad — 16.39% (2025)
- Comoros — 11.85% (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 28.79% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 29.08% (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 20.04% (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 gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)?
- 19.34% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 2.96 percentage points from 16.38% in 1975. The highest value was 45.11% in 1978 and the lowest 14.31% in 1992.
- How does Cameroon rank?
- 95th highest of 126 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) unusual for Cameroon?
- In 2025, Cameroon's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) rose 1.16 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.18% to 19.34%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above 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 NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS, 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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