Cameroon: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure, PPP (current international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Cameroon's households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure, PPP (current international $) rose 10% on 2024 (from 113.04 billion to 124.4 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 2.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 27.8% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.2% in 1994. 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 7.24 billion a year. A straight line explains 99% 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 138.68 billion 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 9.89 billion, against 12.79 billion 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 66th highest value of the 123 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

• Slovak Republic — 62nd of 123: 141.81 billion
• Azerbaijan — 63rd of 123: 141.16 billion
• Tunisia — 64th of 123: 139.93 billion
• Serbia — 66th of 123: 122.61 billion
• Uganda — 67th of 123: 111.14 billion
• Costa Rica — 68th of 123: 105.42 billion

What this measures

This indicator provides values for final consumption expenditure expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 36 values

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies

• Angola — 206.15 billion (2024)
• Benin — 42.49 billion (2025)
• Botswana — 23.19 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 49.95 billion (2025)
• Burundi — 6.82 billion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 4.02 billion (2025)
• Central African Republic — 6.52 billion (2025)
• Chad

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$39.23 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 23.14 trillion (2025)
• Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Cameroon's households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure, PPP (current international $)?

124.4 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.PRVT.PP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… 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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