CAMEROON COUNTRY PROFILE

Cameroon resulted from the merger of former French and British Cameroon in the early 1960s. The country has enjoyed stability, permitting the development of agriculture, 

roads, railways, and a petroleum industry

ECONOMY Economic Overview largest CEMAC economy with many natural resources; recent  political instability and terrorism reducing economic output;  systemic corruption; poor property rights enforcement; increasing  poverty in northern regions 

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) $94.94 billion (2020 est.) 

GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity) $3,600 (2020 est.) Industries - petroleum production and refining, aluminum  production, food processing, consumer goods, textiles, lumber Agricultural products - cassava, plantains, maize, oil palm fruit,  taro, sugarcane, sorghum, tomatoes, bananas, vegetables 

Exports $4.732 billion (2017 est.) crude petroleum, cocoa beans, lumber, gold, natural gas, bananas  (2019)  partners: China 17%, Netherlands 14%, Italy 9%, UAE 8%, India  7%, US 6%, Belgium 6%, Spain 5%, France 5% (2019) 

Imports $4.812 billion (2017 est.) crude petroleum, scrap vessels, rice, special purpose ships,  packaged medicines (2019) 

Partners: China 28%, Nigeria 15%, France 9%, Belgium 6%  (2019) 

*Information obtained from CIA.GOV Click on our Country Profile  to get a complete downloadable copy of Cameroon's World Factbook profile