Cameroon Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 925.682 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 963.532 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 104.417 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.025 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of -112.831 USD mn in 1990. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 925.682 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 2.121 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.141 % for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 1.001 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.069 % in 2002 and a record low of -0.916 % in 1990. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2.121 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 27.346 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 54.822 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 8.207 USD mn from Dec 1973 (Median) to 2022, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 500.980 USD mn in 2010 and a record low of -282.312 USD mn in 2012. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 27.346 2022 | yearly | 1973 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.063 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.122 % for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.099 % from Dec 1973 (Median) to 2022, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.821 % in 2010 and a record low of -1.202 % in 1998. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.063 2022 | yearly | 1973 - 2022 |
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Cameroon CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 494.113 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 421.468 USD mn for 2016. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 109.691 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 659.972 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1976. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 494.113 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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CM: BOP: Financial Account: Net
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -1.262 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.797 USD bn for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -449.804 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2022, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.964 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of -1.797 USD bn in 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -1,262.088 2022 | yearly | 1977 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
CM: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.017 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2022, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.176 USD mn in 2001 and a record low of -20.949 USD mn in 2015. CM: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.000 2022 | yearly | 1977 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
CM: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 724.060 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 558.210 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 190.000 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.118 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 0.020 USD mn in 1960. CM: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 724.060 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
CM: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 151.230 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 161.420 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 100.660 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 196.240 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.080 USD mn in 1960. CM: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 151.230 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
CM: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 26.244 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of -123.622 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -3.668 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2022, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 212.961 USD mn in 1988 and a record low of -584.642 USD mn in 1992. CM: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 26.244 2022 | yearly | 1977 - 2022 |
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CM: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
CM: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 855.198 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 486.610 USD mn for 2021. CM: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -62.278 USD mn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2022, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.618 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of -1.801 USD bn in 1997. CM: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Cameroon – Table CM.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 855.198 2022 | yearly | 1977 - 2022 |