Foreign trade as a share of GDP fell 4.66% to 41.2% in Cameroon in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Cameroon reached an all time high of 65.0% in 1985 and an all time low of 26.5% in 1993. When compared to Cameroon's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Central African Republic amounted to 44.3%, 74.4% in Chad, 75.1% in Gabon and 26.3% in Nigeria in 2017.
Cameroon has been ranked 145th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Angola | % | 86.8% | 79.3% | 62.9% | 53.4% | 52.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 59.2% | 65.3% | 56.8% | 59.0% | 61.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 55.6% | 55.1% | 49.9% | 43.2% | 41.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 38.4% | 53.1% | 53.1% | 50.5% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 72.6% | 76.6% | 66.6% | 63.3% | 73.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 93.0% | 105% | 122% | 129% | 112% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 77.5% | 78.7% | 59.3% | 55.9% | 74.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | 107% | 104% | 98.9% | 92.6% | 102% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 90.6% | 73.5% | 73.9% | 70.1% | 75.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 46.3% | 45.7% | 44.1% | 36.3% | 39.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 31.0% | 30.9% | 21.3% | 20.7% | 26.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 23.7% | 19.5% | 19.1% | 22.4% | 21.9% |
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