CAMEROON'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE UNDER PAUL BIYA IN COMPARISON WITH THE ECONOMIES OF ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS IN CENTRAL AFRICA AND AFAR

This article includes a list of  countries in the central African region (Cameroon and its immediate neighbors) and two other countries from each of the regions of Africa, all sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the market value of all the goods and services each nation produces in a given year. The GDP is in Dollars ($).

Population of the selected countries:

	Country/Population	2009
	Central African Region
1	Cameroon	18,879,301
2	Central African Republic	4,511,488
3	Chad	10,329,208
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69,575,000
5	Equatorial Guinea	633,441
6	Gabon	1,514,993
7	Niger	15,306,252
8	Nigeria	166,629,000
9	Republic of the Congo	4,012,809
	West African Region
10	Ghana	23,832,495
11	Senegal	13,711,597
	Southern African Region
12	Angola	12,799,293
13	Botswana	1,990,876
	Eastern African Region
14	Ethiopia	84,320,987
15	Tanzania	44,929,002
	Northern African Region
16	Egypt	82,868,000
17	Tunisia	10,486,339

GDP in millions of Dollars---1980-2018 (
IMF Figures)

Country/Year	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
CAMEROON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS	GDP IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ($)
Cameroon	7,649	8,665	8,310	8,376	8,853	9,246	12,052	13,960	14,176	12,640
Central African Republic	714	743	719	690	670	883	1,158	1,275	1,372	1,354
Chad	652	772	746	746	802	869	1,070	1,213	1,418	1,339
Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,474	13,471	14,647	11,814	7,883	7,205	8,084	7,653	8,867	9,023
Equatorial Guinea	32	30	35	40	44	74	91	111	119	105
Gabon	4,281	3,860	3,618	3,464	3,331	3,508	4,591	3,474	3,830	4,187
Niger	2,508	2,171	2,018	1,803	1,461	1,440	1,904	2,233	2,280	2,180
Nigeria	60,593	62,312	53,934	36,508	26,476	25,966	20,563	21,912	24,311	23,487
Republic of the Congo	2,083	1,708	1,489	1,354	1,245	1,276	1,746	2,121	2,257	2,384
WESTERN AFRICA
Ghana	25,956	21,669	36,688	12,249	8,053	8,046	6,740	6,712	7,231	7,414
Senegal	3,503	3,177	3,110	2,774	2,706	2,962	4,190	5,041	4,985	4,913
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola	5,003	4,682	4,682	4,880	5,173	6,373	5,966	6,820	7,398	8,606
Botswana	1,175	1,038	1,095	1,210	1,201	1,118	1,516	2,376	3,084	3,444
EASTERN AFRICA
Ethiopia	7,332	7,524	7,916	8,800	8,315	9,738	10,115	10,812	11,204	11,787
Tanzania	6,256	7,482	8,591	8,799	8,006	7,224	9,133	4,499	6,910	5,958
NORTHERN AFRICA
Egypt	22,371	24,499	28,986	35,430	39,837	46,450	51,429	73,571	88,000	109,714
Tunisia	9,597	9,253	8,929	9,167	9,063	9,233	9,901	10,645	11,084	11,091

Country/Year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
CAMEROON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS	GDP IN DOLLARS ($)
Cameroon	12,654	14,109	12,931	13,492	8,912	9,036	10,335	10,343	9,875	10,424
Central African Republic	1,572	1,498	1,494	1,309	858	1,117	1,000	979	1,036	1,039
Chad	1,614	1,599	1,666	1,456	1,180	1,446	1,607	1,545	1,745	1,537
Democratic Republic of the Congo	9,349	9,078	8,195	10,702	5,807	5,643	7,240	6,500	4,757	4,319
Equatorial Guinea	133	132	160	162	120	169	276	526	440	738
Gabon	5,952	5,403	5,592	5,406	4,191	4,959	5,694	5,327	4,483	4,663
Niger	2,480	2,328	2,345	2,221	1,563	1,756	1,880	1,731	1,978	1,916
Nigeria	31,480	28,337	25,522	15,790	18,086	36,945	46,020	35,386	32,749	35,871
Republic of the Congo	2,799	2,725	2,933	2,684	1,769	2,116	2,540	2,323	1,949	2,354
WESTERN AFRICA
Ghana	8,835	11,118	11,257	8,886	7,859	8,403	9,180	10,613	11,916	12,665
Senegal	5,717	5,617	6,005	5,679	3,877	4,879	5,066	4,672	5,058	5,151
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola	9,473	9,183	7,080	5,139	3,742	4,670	6,024	7,074	5,997	5,671
Botswana	4,079	4,000	4,099	4,338	4,255	4,742	4,915	5,172	5,430	5,867
EASTERN AFRICA
Ethiopia	12,505	13,828	14,591	9,078	8,077	8,371	8,763	8,845	8,020	7,870
Tanzania	4,781	5,565	5,166	4,780	5,065	6,322	7,256	8,550	9,392	9,695
NORTHERN AFRICA
Egypt	91,383	46,060	42,006	47,101	51,879	60,163	67,632	75,865	84,821	89,942
Tunisia	13,519	14,283	17,014	16,039	17,163	19,795	21,504	20,746	21,803	22,943

Country/Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
CAMEROON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS	GDP IN DOLLARS ($)
Cameroon	10,046	9,497	10,888	13,630	15,784	16,593	17,957	20,433	23,732	22,194
Central African Republic	917	932	991	1,139	1,270	1,350	1,473	1,697	1,983	1,982
Chad	1,389	1,711	1,995	2,741	4,421	5,884	6,306	7,018	8,394	7,100
Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,303	5,155	5,539	5,681	6,539	7,183	8,824	10,028	11,595	11,108
Equatorial Guinea	1,243	1,736	2,147	2,952	5,241	8,217	9,603	12,575	18,425	12,137
Gabon	5,068	4,713	4,932	6,055	7,178	8,666	9,546	11,570	14,530	10,946
Niger	1,672	1,815	2,074	2,645	2,901	3,375	3,650	4,298	5,395	5,268
Nigeria	46,386	44,138	59,117	67,656	87,845	112,248	145,430	165,921	207,116	168,587
Republic of the Congo	3,220	2,794	3,020	3,503	4,655	6,098	7,738	8,407	11,915	9,618
WESTERN AFRICA
Ghana	7,362	7,435	9,482	11,186	14,557	17,409	20,410	24,758	28,528	25,799
Senegal	4,693	4,882	5,352	6,872	8,042	8,723	9,367	11,301	13,449	12,802
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola	8,420	8,236	10,495	12,863	18,249	28,233	41,794	60,449	84,178	75,508
Botswana	5,648	6,063	6,111	8,116	10,061	10,363	11,298	12,382	13,575	11,593
EASTERN AFRICA
Ethiopia	8,176	8,160	7,791	8,558	10,054	12,307	15,165	19,553	26,642	32,250
Tanzania	10,186	10,384	10,806	11,659	12,826	14,142	14,331	16,826	20,700	21,368
NORTHERN AFRICA
Egypt	99,155	95,399	87,506	81,384	78,802	89,794	107,375	130,346	162,435	188,608
Tunisia	21,474	22,066	23,142	27,454	31,184	32,272	34,377	38,923	44,878	43,523

Country/Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
CAMEROON AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS	GDP IN DOLLARS ($)
Cameroon	22,530	25,344	25,005	28,056	29,998	32,143	34,426	36,886	39,498
Central African Republic	1,986	2,196	2,172	2,385	2,577	2,763	2,964	3,171	3,404
Chad	8,556	10,541	10,806	12,040	13,513	14,718	14,878	15,320	15,467
Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,124	15,689	17,703	19,352	20,784	22,404	24,234	26,170	27,894
Equatorial Guinea	12,148	16,605	17,206	16,639	16,117	14,583	14,951	14,235	13,354
Gabon	14,539	18,806	18,376	19,302	20,126	21,014	22,195	23,738	24,120
Niger	5,719	6,345	6,575	7,311	7,864	8,385	8,950	9,722	10,545
Nigeria	228,638	243,986	268,708	283,725	304,119	326,774	353,183	383,367	416,683
Republic of the Congo	12,030	14,439	13,692	14,832	15,146	17,467	17,753	20,554	21,462
WESTERN AFRICA
Ghana	32,186	38,394	38,939	42,715	47,283	52,812	58,400	64,307	70,550
Senegal	12,882	14,461	13,864	14,388	15,350	16,403	17,551	18,809	20,232
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola	82,471	104,116	118,719	125,609	134,936	144,731	155,442	161,288	174,448
Botswana	14,913	17,675	17,624	18,262	19,163	20,179	21,299	22,481	23,729
EASTERN AFRICA
Ethiopia	29,684	31,715	41,906	46,306	49,715	54,407	59,241	64,223	69,624
Tanzania	22,901	23,851	28,247	31,886	34,947	37,487	40,208	43,109	45,878
NORTHERN AFRICA
Egypt	218,459	235,581	256,729	264,701	268,763	285,706	312,125	343,473	375,606
Tunisia	44,278	46,270	45,611	49,489	51,096	53,785	56,071	59,110	62,790