Cameroon

Cameroon slipped 1 place to 93rd, now between Sudan and Tunisia, despite a +10.6% rise in US$ GDP to US$58.9 billion that was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Real growth came in at +3.2%. Services make up 50.4% of output, industry 24.8% and agriculture 16.8%, with manufacturing at 14.6%. Inflation stood at 3.4%, unemployment at 3.6% and government gross debt at 40.5% of GDP.

The 12th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa is about the size of the Boise City, ID metro area. In 2000 its GDP was US$10.6 billion and it ranked 88th; US$ GDP has since grown 5.6 times. With 29.9 million people, GDP per capita is US$1,972, 161st of 196, and $5,788 international dollars on a PPP basis, 158th. The IMF projects a +46% rise to US$86.3 billion by 2030, which would place Cameroon 89th.