Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville

Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville: GDP growth

GDP growth: 3.5% a year in Cameroon in 2025 and 0.8% a year in Congo - Brazzaville in 2022, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 2.9 percentage points, or 4.52 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% a year · IMF

Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville: GDP growthGDP growth: 3.5% a year in Cameroon in 2025 and 0.8% a year in Congo - Brazzaville in 2022, by IMF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 2.9 percentage points, or 4.52 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.
CameroonCongo - BrazzavilleIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 4.4% a year and Congo - Brazzaville at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCameroonCongo - Brazzaville
20253.52.4
20243.51.9
20233.31.4
20223.70.8
20213.3-1.4
20200.3-6.1
20193.51.7
20184-2.3
20173.5-5.6
20164.5-8.7
20155.70.4
20145.76.6
20135-0.7
20124.69.9
20113.42.2
20102.99.9
20092.611.6
20082.86.3
20074.3-6.6
20063.88
20052.29.2
20047-0.2
20035.50.5
20024.51
20014.3-4.8
20003.811.8
19994.1-3.7
19984.99
19975.3-1
19964.93.5
19953.34
1994-2.5-1.4
1993-3.21.3
1992-3.14.2
1991-3.83.4
1990-6.21
1989-1.821.3
1988-7.921.9
1987-2.22.3
19866.82.3
19858.12.4
19847.52.4
19836.82.4
19827.62.4
198117.12.6
19809.912.7
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonCongo - Brazzaville
20263.23.5
20273.63.6
20284.13.7
20294.23.9
20304.34
20314.44

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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