Cameroon vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Cameroon with a GDP of $38.7B ranked the 98th largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, Cameroon and the Marshall Islands ranked 158th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Cameroon	Marshall Islands
GDP	$38.7B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	4%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.8%	N/A
Population	24.1M	53k
GDP per capita	$1.5k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	1.38%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	225.18	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.41	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.8k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$36.4B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$93.4B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Cameroon	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	33%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.4%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.6%	0.3%
Unemployment	3.4%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	53.6	58
Personal Freedom Index	5.83	6.2
Human Freedom Index	5.7	6.2
Property Rights Index	45.3	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	30.8	N/A
Business Freedom Index	46	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	63.7	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	50.1	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	30	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	59.6	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	84.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	88.3	N/A
Tax Burden Index	74.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	20.8	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	25	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	58.5	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	12.2	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	30.1	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.4	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.1M	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Cameroon	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	37.7%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	28.7%	N/A
External debt stocks	$10.9B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	12.5%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	10.7%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	4.5%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	17.5%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22.8%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$3.5B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$765.1M	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Cameroon	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	19.3%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	23.7%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.4B	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	15.1%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$469M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$333.6M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.8%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	14.4%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$2.3M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$8.5M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	10.9%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	19.8%	N/A