Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 81.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 81.8% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon peaked at 81.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 2009.
That places Cameroon 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 76.9% | — |
| 2010 | 77.2% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 77.1% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 78.1% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 77.4% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 79.2% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 80.5% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 80.3% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 78.1% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 81.8% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.9% | 76.9% | 76.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 79.0% | 77.1% | 81.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 155 Cape Verde 83.8% compare
- 156 Palestine, State of 82.9% compare
- 157 Zimbabwe 82.7% compare
- 159 Cambodia 79.0% compare
- 160 Malawi 78.9% compare
- 161 Bangladesh 78.4% 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 170.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0865 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.92 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cameroon was 81.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 81.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 2009.
- How does Cameroon rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Cameroon ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.