Central Africa
Cameroon
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Cameroon's #1 import source (world lens). Cameroon is the EU's #81 goods supplier.
Cameroon on the world stage
Total imports
$8.3bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$5.0bn
170 partners
#1 import source
China
19.0%
#1 export dest.
Netherlands
23.2%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Cameroon and the EU
EU imports from
€3.3bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.8bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #81 supplier
EU trade balance
import-tilted
coverage 0.54
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
173
EUR/MWh
Consumer
82
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
286
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Privatised utility (ENEO)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSEL (Agence de Regulation du Secteur de l'Electricite)
Three separate, weakly connected grids (South, North, East) with high transmission losses. Hydro-dominated south, diesel-dependent north. ENEO (privatised) struggles with underinvestment and billing collection.
Tracked infrastructure
1 solar farms
30 MW
3 hydro plants
883 MW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
24
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Iron
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.9
→ 23.1 by 2050
Fertility
4.26
above replacement
Working-age
55.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5
→ 7.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 29.1M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +76% (51.1M)