Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country.  The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Cameroon: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Cameroon Country Data Profile.  Refer to the Africa Quick Queryto customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium  Development Goals for Cameroon: Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Cameroon Country Data Profile
	Cameroon Data-at-a-Glance(PDF)

Data by Topic
	Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
	Gender Statistics: Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics.
	Summary Gender Profile (PDF)
	Education Statistics: Avariety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.
	Investment Climate Snapshot (2008): Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth.
	-- Starting a business -- Dealing with Licenses -- Employing Workers -- Enforcing Contracts -- Getting Credit

Debt
	World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.
	National External Debt: Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank).

Poverty Data
	International Household Survey Network
	Africa Development Indicators 2006: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
	World Development Indicators 2007: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2007 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
	Main World Bank Data Site

Other Sources of Data on Cameroon

African Development Bank
	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
	World Economic Outlook Databases:  Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports.  You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Cameroon.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
	Human Development Indicators in Cameroon (latest one available 1998):   Shows Cameroon's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
	Selected Health Indicators
	UNAIDS/WHO --  Epidemological Factsheets on Cameroon