Bank loans per capita rose 11.7% to USD 252 in Cameroon in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans per capita in Cameroon reached an all time high of USD 252 in 2017 and an all time low of USD 101 in 2005. When compared to Cameroon's main peers, bank loans per capita in Central African Republic amounted to USD 56.1 , USD 90.6 in Chad, USD 1,646 in Gabon and USD 278 in Nigeria in 2017.
Cameroon has been ranked 93rd within the group of 107 countries we follow in terms of bank loans per capita, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans Per Capita (USD) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,416 | 1,173 | 937 | 898 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Benin | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 507 | 502 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Cameroon | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 221 | 228 | 226 | 252 | ... | |||||||||||
| Central African Republic | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57.9 | 50.6 | 53.5 | 56.1 | ... | |||||||||||
| Chad | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84.2 | 80.7 | 82.5 | 90.6 | 79.6 | |||||||||||
| Congo | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 450 | 469 | 465 | 529 | 405 | |||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,116 | 2,521 | 1,402 | 1,581 | 1,469 | |||||||||||
| Gabon | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,974 | 1,654 | 1,640 | 1,646 | 2,904 | |||||||||||
| Niger | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 67.8 | 76.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Nigeria | USD | 368 | 362 | 279 | 278 | 242 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 202 | 239 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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