Getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon is 6, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon peaked at 6 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
Cameroon ranks 15th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 15 Benin 6 compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Central African Republic 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros 6 compare
- 15 Congo 6 compare
- 15 Côte d’Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 15 Lesotho 6 compare
- 15 Mali 6 compare
- 15 Mauritius 6 compare
- 15 Niger 6 compare
- 15 Senegal 6 compare
- 15 Eswatini 6 compare
- 15 Togo 6 compare
More private sector data for Cameroon
- Merchandise trade 24.6% (2025)
- Food imports 21.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 9.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.8% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.74 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 46.5% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 36.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Cameroon was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Cameroon rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Cameroon ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.