Cameroon
General information
Capital: Yaoundé
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: English, French
Area: 475,440 km²
Population in million: 24.1
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,447
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 3,694
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 76.2
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.6 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 55.1 %
Life expectancy at birth: 58.1 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 75 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 34.80
Agriculture value added of GDP: 15.3
Industry value added of GDP: 24.1
Services value added of GDP: 52.7
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 3.55
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 5.11
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Wood sheets for veneering (1.13 %)
Soap (0.62 %)
bottles, flasks, jars, pots and other containers of glass (0.37 %)
Bars and rods of iron or steel, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn (0.32 %)
Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers of paper (0.29 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cocoa beans (11.80 %)
Wood sawn (9.04 %)
Bananas (6.03 %)
Wood in the rough (5.60 %)
Natural rubber (3.79 %)