(PART II)1970-1979: HOW THE FRENCH-IMPOSED SYSTEM UNDER THE AHIDJO-BIYA REGIMES IMPOVERISHED CAMEROONIANS : A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF CAMEROON AND ITS NEIGHBOURS VERSUS SELECTED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

This article includes a list of  countries in the central African region (Cameroon and its immediate neighbors) and  other countries from each of the regions of Africa,  as well as from other continents in the world all sorted by their nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, which is the market value of all the goods and services each nation produces in a given year divided by the total population ( the total amount of money each citizens gets if the yearly revenue is divided to the citizens evenly.The nominal GDP per capita is in Dollars (US$) and does not take inflation into account.

 

World Bank Figures,1970–1979(Cameroon and its immediate neighbours)

·         Source:Nominal GDP per capita in US Dollars(US$)

	Country Name	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
	CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION
1	Cameroon	170	176	198	237	296	351	381	405	514	657
2	Central African Republic	103	107	121	140	142	188	219	241	283	317
3	Chad	128	133	152	165	162	210	206	218	255	225
4	Congo,Dem.Rep.	241	268	288	357	424	439	402	499	603	574
5	Congo,Rep.	205	233	289	370	388	493	471	464	518	686
6	EquatorialGuinea	228	228	238	309	377	438	454	472
7	Gabon	609	703	780	1,279	2,664	3,624	4,922	4,475	3,704	4,568
8	Niger	148	153	160	198	208	207	204	240	320	370
9	Nigeria	219	156	204	246	392	426	541	521	513	644
	WESTERN AFRICA
10	Ghana	255	273	232	261	299	283	273	310	350	377
11	Ivory Coast	267	278	313	406	475	575	658	844	1,017	1,125
12	Senegal	249	248	292	326	356	467	461	461	503	611
13	Togo	121	131	151	179	241	259	255	313	325	344
	SOUTHERN AFRICA
14	Botswana	139	177	223	319	386	432	436	509	640	854
15	Lesotho	67	73	75	110	134	130	125	160	215	227
16	Zambia	432	386	423	532	614	498	526	480	520	600
17	Zimbabwe	362	405	480	574	667	708	677	663	640	736
	EASTERN AFRICA
18	Ethiopia
19	Kenya	142	153	174	200	229	242	248	309	352	398
20	Tanzania
	NORTHERN AFRICA
21	Egypt	214	225	233	250	230	285	326	349	346	413
22	Morocco	257	276	314	377	452	517	538	605	707	828
23	Tunisia	281	324	423	507	645	772	785	868	987	1,157
	EUROPE
24	France	2,821	3,128	3,809	4,918	5,269	6,599	6,779	7,449	9,152	11,027
25	Ireland	1,446	1,662	2,028	2,363	2,453	2,897	2,842	3,336	4,290	5,279
26	Norway	3,283	3,709	4,378	5,640	6,744	8,127	8,836	10,158	11,337	12,901
27	United Kingdom	2,243	2,524	2,891	3,256	3,516	4,205	4,041	4,565	5,785	7,511
	OCEANIA
28	New Zealand	2,283	2,747	3,265	4,285	4,557	4,114	4,319	4,881	5,852	6,566
29	Papua New Guinea	265	287	333	490	537	483	523	553	639	733
	ASIA
30	China	112	117	130	155	158	176	163	183	155	182
31	India	112	118	124	145	165	158	161	186	206	224
32	Indonesia	82	81	93	135	208	240	286	344	377	374
33	Japan	1,974	2,201	2,875	3,873	4,218	4,514	5,036	6,139	8,547	8,822
34	South Korea	279	302	323	403	556	608	824	1,042	1,383	1,747
	SOUTH AMERICA
35	Brazil	441	500	581	768	995	1,143	1,378	1,553	1,729	1,892
36	Panama	673	739	790	880	979	1,068	1,106	1,144	1,323	1,478
37	Paraguay	240	261	295	373	488	539	591	710	846	1,100
38	Peru	549	595	642	747	916	1,084	997	890	741	922
39	Uruguay	761	996	776	1,405	1,449	1,251	1,291	1,441	1,708	2,481
	NORTH AMERICA
40	Canada	4,047	4,503	5,048	5,764	6,916	7,354	8,625	8,732	8,931	9,831
41	Mexico	685	734	820	974	1,231	1,461	1,437	1,284	1,566	2,004
42	United States of America	4,998	5,360	5,836	6,462	6,948	7,517	8,297	9,143	10,225	11,302