Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon
Cameroon: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 61.29 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon stood at 61.29. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
That places Cameroon 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 60.63 | — |
| 2015 | 60.95 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 60.9 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 60.35 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 61.04 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 61.29 | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 61.29 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.07, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 61.29 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.76, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 (db16-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon was 61.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 61.29 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.35 in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Cameroon ranks 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.