Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Government debt
Government debt: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon in 2025 and 35% of GDP in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Equatorial Guinea.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Equatorial Guinea.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 34.3% of GDP and Equatorial Guinea at 44.1% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 | 35.4 |
| 2024 | 43.4 | 35 |
| 2023 | 43.6 | 38.5 |
| 2022 | 45.6 | 29.8 |
| 2021 | 47.2 | 42.3 |
| 2020 | 44.9 | 49.4 |
| 2019 | 41.6 | 43.2 |
| 2018 | 38.3 | 40.6 |
| 2017 | 36.5 | 36.2 |
| 2016 | 32.1 | 41.1 |
| 2015 | 31.6 | 31.7 |
| 2014 | 20.7 | 12.6 |
| 2013 | 17.5 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 14.9 | 7.1 |
| 2011 | 15.9 | 7.2 |
| 2010 | 14 | 7.9 |
| 2009 | 11.3 | 4.3 |
| 2008 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
| 2007 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
| 2006 | 18.4 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 43.8 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 51.7 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 51.5 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 56.6 | 19.5 |
| 2001 | 62.2 | 25.5 |
| 2000 | 75.9 | 36.6 |
| 1999 | 68.4 | 60.5 |
| 1998 | 67.8 | 59.2 |
| 1997 | – | 46.3 |
| 1996 | – | 91.2 |
| 1995 | – | 136.9 |
| 1994 | – | 216 |
| 1993 | – | 152.6 |
| 1992 | – | 136.9 |
| 1991 | – | 169.5 |
| 1990 | – | 157 |
| 1989 | – | 187 |
| 1988 | – | 154.5 |
| 1987 | – | 141.3 |
| 1986 | – | 152.5 |
| 1985 | – | 183.8 |
| 1984 | – | 257.9 |
| 1983 | – | 259.3 |
| 1982 | – | 260.7 |
| 1981 | – | 221.1 |
| 1980 | – | 146.2 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40.1 | 32.9 |
| 2027 | 39.1 | 36 |
| 2028 | 38.1 | 38.7 |
| 2029 | 36.8 | 40.9 |
| 2030 | 35.2 | 42.3 |
| 2031 | 34.3 | 44.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Equatorial Guinea: 6.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 52.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 4.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 1.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 4.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 71.6% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 21 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $113M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Equatorial Guinea: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Equatorial Guinea: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Equatorial Guinea: 0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 12 million TIV in 2024