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Revision as of 19:41, 21 June 2011
The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Despite slow movement toward democratic reform, political power remains firmly in the hands of President Paul BIYA.[1]
Economical characteristics
- Currency: Central African CFA franc (ISO code: XAF)
- Central bank discount rate: 4.75% (31 December 2008)[1]
- Commercial banks lending rate: NA% (31 December 2008)[1]
- Stock of money (M1): $2.881 billion (31 December 2008)[1]
- Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $1.756 billion (31 December 2008)[1]
Statistics
| Statistic / Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP (million USD)[2] | 10 486 | 10 075 | 9 598 | 10 880 | 13 622 | 15 775 | 16 588 | 17 957 | 20 686 | 23 396 |
| Govt. debt (% of GDP)[3] | 91.663 | |||||||||
| Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[4] | 14.058 | |||||||||
| Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[5] | 12.002 | |||||||||
| Debt to revenue (years) | 6.520 |
References
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCIA_CM - ↑ World Bank. "Cameroon: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01.
- ↑ World Bank. "Cameroon: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01.
- ↑ World Bank. "Cameroon: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01.
- ↑ World Bank. "Cameroon: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01.
Links
- Cameroon on Wikipedia
- Central bank of Cameroon
- Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
- BBC country profile