Cameroon vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Government consumption

Cameroon
435.80 billion current LCU
in 2007
Democratic Republic of Congo
388.27 billion current LCU
in 2007
Cameroon rank
15th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
17th

Government consumption over time

  • Cameroon
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 435.80 billion current LCU against 388.27 billion current LCU in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 47.52 billion current LCU.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 15th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 17th of 51 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Government consumption (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,368 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed

Current expenditure on goods and services comprises payments of wages and salaries in cash to employees (including the armed forces) before deduction of withholding taxes and employees' contributions to social security and pension funds, as well as employers' contributions to superannuation schemes outside government, and other purchases of goods and services (wages and salaries in kind, office supplies and maintenance charges etc.). Data are in current local currency.