| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $27.75 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 42.6%
industry: 19.8%
services: 37.6% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
48% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 36.6% (1996) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
6.49 million NA (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.442 billion
expenditures: $1.941 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum production and refining, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
4.2% (1999 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
3.613 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 2.7%
hydro: 97.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
3.36 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber |
| Exports : |
$1.873 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton |
| Exports - Partners : |
Spain 21.9%, Italy 13.4%, France 10.8%, Netherlands 10.6%, US 7.5%, China 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.959 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 21.9%, Nigeria 9.5%, Japan 6.8%, US 5.7%, China 4.9%, Germany 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$7.236 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
on 23 January 2001, the Paris Club agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt of $1.3 billion by $900 million; debt relief now totals $1.26 billion |
| Currency : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States |
| Currency Code : |
XAF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
