Cameroon
General information
Capital: Yaoundé
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: English, French
Area: 472,710 km²
Population in million: 25,216,200.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,534
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 3,785
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 76.3
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.6 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 50.6 %
Life expectancy at birth: 58.5 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 77 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 38,675,200,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 14.4
Industry value added of GDP: 25.8
Services value added of GDP: 4.4
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 4,270,700.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 5,879,160.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Wood sheets for veneering (1.10 %)
Soap (0.60 %)
bottles, flasks, jars, pots and other containers of glass (0.36 %)
Bars and rods of iron or steel, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn (0.31 %)
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 (11.47 %)
Wood sawn (9.18 %)
Bananas (5.86 %)
Wood in the rough (4.98 %)
Natural rubber (3.69 %)