Cameroon vs Nigeria: GDP per capita

Cameroon

4,836 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Nigeria

4,711 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Cameroon rank

152nd

Nigeria rank

153rd

GDP per capita over time

Cameroon
Nigeria

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4,836 international-$ in 2021 prices against 4,711 international-$ in 2021 prices in Nigeria, a difference of 125.19 international-$ in 2021 prices.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 152nd and Nigeria ranks 153rd of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.