- (Business in Cameroon) – Inflation projected at 4% in 2025 and 3.5% in 2026, still above Cemac’s 3% threshold.
- Government expects gradual slowdown assuming stable global prices and domestic measures.
- Cameroon accounts for over half of Cemac’s total consumption and inflation pressures.
Inflation in Cameroon is forecast to decline gradually through 2027 but will remain above the Central African regional target of 3% in the near term, the government said in its latest medium-term economic and budget outlook.
Annual inflation is projected at 4% in 2025 and 3.5% in 2026, before dropping below the 3% ceiling set by the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (Cemac) by 2028, the Finance Ministry said in the document underpinning the upcoming budget orientation debate in Parliament.
The outlook assumes global inflation remains contained and that government policies to curb price rises are sustained.
Cameroon’s inflation stood at 7.4% in 2023—more than double Cemac’s tolerance threshold—driven largely by higher food costs. Inflation eased to 4.5% in 2024, though it reached 5.3% in January 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
With Cameroon accounting for 52% of Cemac’s total consumption, the country remains the bloc’s primary driver of price pressures. A monetary policy report by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) said Cameroon contributed 61.5 percentage points to regional inflation by the end of 2024, up from 57 points in the first quarter of the year.
