Growth reaches 1.6% in Q1 2026 despite a 27.7% drop in public investment

Cameroon’s real GDP grew by 1.6% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter, following stagnation in Q4 2025, according to national accounts released by the National Institute of Statistics on November 5. Year-on-year growth reached 3.4%, while public investment fell 27.7% and imports rose 10.2%. Services drove activity, with value added up 2.2% and contributing 1.1 percentage points to national growth; transport rose 7.4%, financial services 4.3%, and public administration 2.3%. The primary and secondary sectors grew by 1.3% and 0.9%, respectively, while household consumption increased by 2.6%.