Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 7.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Cameroon, 1977–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 7.8% for travel services in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of down 51.3% on the previous year and down 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Cameroon peaked at 37.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2024.
That places Cameroon 169th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 14.2% | — |
| 1978 | 15.0% | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 15.3% | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 11.7% | -23.2% |
| 1981 | 9.9% | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 9.7% | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 14.0% | +44.4% |
| 1984 | 15.5% | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 14.8% | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 22.2% | +49.8% |
| 1987 | 24.3% | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 32.4% | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 32.8% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 27.5% | -16.2% |
| 1991 | 37.2% | +35.4% |
| 1992 | 25.7% | -30.8% |
| 1993 | 31.1% | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 12.3% | -60.6% |
| 1995 | 21.7% | +77.2% |
| 1996 | 13.0% | -40.3% |
| 1997 | 14.8% | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 19.8% | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 21.4% | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 20.4% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 14.4% | -29.5% |
| 2002 | 13.3% | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 22.3% | +53.3% |
| 2005 | 24.7% | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 28.9% | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 21.4% | -26.0% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -26.2% |
| 2009 | 20.4% | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -47.0% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | +150.0% |
| 2012 | 25.0% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 24.5% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 26.6% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 28.1% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 26.7% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 26.0% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 27.0% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 26.7% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 22.7% | -19.3% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | -29.7% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | -51.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 7.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.1%, 45% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 7.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.4%, 83% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +150.0% | 10.8% | 27.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.8% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 3 |
| 1980s | 18.7% | 9.7% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.4% | 12.3% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.6% | 13.3% | 28.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.6% | 10.8% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 7.8% | 28.1% | 5 |
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)
- Commercial service imports 2.37 billion current US$ (2024)
- 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 170.69 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Cameroon?
- Travel services in Cameroon was 7.8% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 37.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for travel services?
- Cameroon ranks 169th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.