Cameroon real GDP per capita rises 0.6% in 2025 as population growth outpaces output
The World Bank puts per capita growth at 0.6% against 3.2% for the economy as a whole, and says income per head remains about 20% below its mid-1980s level.
November 3, 2026
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Cameroon launches AgriConnect pact to mobilise 1,120bn FCFA for eight value chains
The government launched the World Bank-backed framework in Yaounde on 21 October 2026, targeting 1,120bn FCFA in investment through 2030 and a cut in food imports.
Cameroon says World Bank approved $5.01bn, signed accords cover $4.129bn
The economy ministry said the World Bank board approved 21 projects worth $5.01bn, while signed agreements cover 18 active projects worth $4.129bn. The ministry did not publish the project list or explain the roughly $881m difference.
World Bank says 8.4 million Cameroonians live on under $3 a day
The World Bank's Cemac economic barometer puts the number of Cameroonians below the $3 purchasing-power-parity threshold at more than 8.4 million in 2025, up from 7.1 million in 2021.
Cameroon opens tender to rebuild 167 km Yaounde-Edea road
The public works ministry published an international tender on 8 October for the reconstruction of the Yaounde-Edea section of National Route 3, with bids due on 24 November 2026.
14,502 census enumerators still unpaid, World Bank mission intervenes
The Hiswaca project told a World Bank mission that enumerators have not been paid since the count closed, and the mission asked for payment files to be processed without delay.