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IndicatorCMRCameroonSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #101
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile23.1rank #177
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.1rank #131
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #114
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.53rank #100
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile35.8rank #162
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #101
Military spending% GDP1%rank #104
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.09rank #132
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile39.3rank #183
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile43.4rank #152
Rule of Law0-100 percentile35.4rank #186
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.09rank #144
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.26rank #108
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.11rank #125
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile35.1rank #168
Women in parliament% seats33.9%rank #49
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #75
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment41.9%rank #36
Agriculture value added% GDP16.8%rank #33
Annual working hours per workerhours2,180.6rank #31
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker22,574.5rank #148
Current account balance% GDP-3.3%rank #108
Employment-to-population ratio%62.3%rank #53
External debt stocks% GNI31.3%rank #29
FDI net inflows% GDP1.7%rank #121
GDPcurrent US$58.93Brank #91
GDP growth%3.2%rank #95
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,972.4rank #154
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $4,946rank #150
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $4,746.3rank #154
Government expenditure% GDP12.4%rank #115
Gross capital formation% GDP19.3%rank #96
Gross savings% GDP15.5%rank #113
High-technology exports% manuf. exports2.1%rank #121
Human capital indexindex1.9rank #120
Industry value added% GDP24.8%rank #79
Inflation%3.4%rank #95
Labour force participation rate%64.6%rank #61
Personal remittances received% GDP1.3%rank #97
Tax revenue% GDP11.3%rank #103
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.45rank #88
Trade openness% GDP33.4%rank #131
Unemployment% labor force3.6%rank #60
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.6%rank #60
Vulnerable employment% employment67.6%rank #152
Youth unemployment% ages 15-246.5%rank #38
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-246.3%rank #35
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop71.4%rank #150
Basic sanitation access% pop47.1%rank #149
Child mortalityper 1006.5rank #142
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,901rank #99
DTP3 immunization coverage%77%rank #23
Health spending% GDP4.6%rank #135
Infant mortalityper 1k births40.2rank #126
Life expectancyyears64rank #194
Maternal mortalityper 100k258rank #92
Measles immunization% children71%rank #29
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%71%rank #29
Physiciansper 1k0.14rank #108
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m355.6rank #191
Road traffic deathsper 100k30.2rank #121
Smoking prevalence% adults5.7%rank #6
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.5rank #107
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k132rank #104
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births64.8rank #181
Undernourishment% pop4.8%rank #13
Education
Adult literacy%72.6%rank #40
Education spending% GDP2.8%rank #87
Expected years of schoolingyears10.8rank #164
Mean years of schoolingyears6.6rank #144
Primary completion rate% relevant age75.3%rank #97
Primary enrollment% gross114.4%rank #14
Secondary enrollment% gross44.8%rank #138
Tertiary enrollment% gross16.7%rank #78
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00033.3rank #15
Fertility ratebirths/woman4.3rank #17
Median age of populationyears17.8rank #201
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.17rank #106
Populationpeople29.88Mrank #51
Population growth%2.6%rank #22
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years69.5rank #189
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands51,096.3rank #41
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age80.3rank #19
Urban population%55.7%rank #131
Climate
CO₂ emissionst9.63Mrank #111
CO₂ per capitat0.33rank #179
Electricity access% pop72%rank #44
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation72%rank #23
Electricity from solar% generation0.55%rank #138
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita226.1rank #132
Forest area% land42.7%rank #69
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.6rank #75
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh225.9rank #51
Renewable electricity%73.1%rank #35
Renewable energy share%79.2%rank #18
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e102.4rank #133
Society
Asylum seekerspeople37,991rank #145
Extreme poverty% pop26.7%rank #36
Female labor participation%56.6%rank #70
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1002.1rank #153
Gender Development Indexratio0.9rank #87
Gender Inequality Index0-10.56rank #131
Gini indexindex42.2rank #57
Homicide rateper 100k6.8rank #71
Human Development Index0-10.59rank #123
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.36rank #120
Internally displaced personspeople1Mrank #24
Internet users% pop46.3%rank #147
Life satisfaction0-105.1rank #97
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.57rank #91
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.03rank #152
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.12rank #116
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.34rank #146
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.64rank #160
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people408,613rank #22
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people140,366rank #153
Youth NEET rate%23.3%rank #119
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year240rank #18
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths396rank #27
Hazard & exposure0-107.2rank #61
Human hazard & exposure0-109.1rank #68
INFORM risk score0-106.8rank #54
Lack of coping capacity0-106.7rank #57
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.2rank #53
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.1rank #50
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.5rank #22
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year375rank #29
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106rank #57
Vulnerability0-106.6rank #54
Vulnerable groups0-107.1rank #63
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