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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cameroon: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Cameroon is placed 127th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.378 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 34.91 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
127th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.378GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 34.91Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -1.244Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 33.2Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cameroon on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.378
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Cameroon: 0.378. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.593 Angola
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 0.187 · Republic of the Congo 0.165 · Gabon 0.258 · Equatorial Guinea 0.126 · Nigeria 0.512 · Chad 0.106
34.91
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 116th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Cameroon: 34.91. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Middle Africa
- 34.91 Cameroon
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 12.8 · Republic of the Congo 18.6 · Gabon 28.41 · Equatorial Guinea 16.18 · Nigeria 50.79 · Chad 18.31
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-1.244
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Cameroon: -1.244. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Middle Africa
- 0.383 Gabon
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic -1.238 · Republic of the Congo -0.94 · Gabon 0.383 · Equatorial Guinea -0.34 · Nigeria 0.24 · Chad -0.307
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
33.2
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Cameroon: 33.2. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Middle Africa
- 37.94 Republic of the Congo
- Land neighbours
- Republic of the Congo 37.94 · Gabon 30.28 · Equatorial Guinea 21.99 · Nigeria 33.96 · Chad 5.844
02Over time
Which way Cameroon is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
CameroonWorld median
Cameroon rose from 29.85 in 2020 to 34.91 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Cameroon World median 2025 34.9 40.2 2024 33.5 43.3 2023 30.3 41.4 2022 30.8 40.3 2021 31.9 44.1 2020 29.8 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
CameroonWorld median
Cameroon rose from -1.549 in 2000 to -1.244 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Cameroon World median 2025 -1.24 0.20 2024 -1.28 0.11 2023 -1.06 0.14 2022 -1.18 0.16 2021 -1.29 0.12 2020 -1.29 0.12 2019 -1.03 0.10 2018 -1.55 -0.05 2017 -1.55 -0.08 2016 -1.55 -0.10 2015 -1.55 -0.17 2014 -1.55 -0.21 2013 -1.55 -0.21 2012 -1.55 -0.25 2011 -1.55 -0.32 2010 -1.55 -0.31 2009 -1.55 -0.50 2008 -1.55 -0.51 2007 -1.55 -0.51 2006 -1.55 -0.55 2005 -1.55 -0.55 2004 -1.55 -0.55 2003 -1.55 -0.55 2002 -1.55 -0.51 2001 -1.55 -0.51 2000 -1.55 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
CameroonWorld median
Cameroon rose from 32.87 in 2010 to 33.2 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Cameroon World median 2024 33.20 25.42 2023 33.21 26.03 2022 24.89 26.04 2021 23.80 29.80 2020 31.61 29.47 2019 33.53 18.36 2018 32.85 20.09 2017 33.76 18.32 2016 31.83 18.15 2015 31.51 19.57 2014 33.80 21.00 2013 33.91 20.50 2012 37.54 19.56 2011 41.26 19.21 2010 32.87 19.88
03In context
Cameroon beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Cameroon and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nigeria | 82nd | 0.512 | 50.79 | 0.24 | 33.96 |
 Gabon | 114th | 0.258 | 28.41 | 0.383 | 30.28 |
| Cameroon | 127th | 0.378 | 34.91 | -1.244 | 33.2 |
 Republic of the Congo | =155th | 0.165 | 18.6 | -0.94 | 37.94 |
 Equatorial Guinea | =160th | 0.126 | 16.18 | -0.34 | 21.99 |
 Chad | 177th | 0.106 | 18.31 | -0.307 | 5.844 |
 Central African Republic | 192nd | 0.187 | 12.8 | -1.238 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Cameroon in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cameroon is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Cameroon does better than the middle country measured.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6559.6451.65▲ Improved since 2014
Cameroon: 59.64 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 37th of 98 · derived.
Behind the world median12
Statistics on which Cameroon does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-1.022-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Cameroon: -1.022 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 126th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.3090.206No real change since 2015
Cameroon: 0.309 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 33rd of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3943.3162.39No earlier reading
Cameroon: 43.31 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 137th of 181 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.3020.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Cameroon: 0.302 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 131st of 170 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0546.2583.05No earlier reading
Cameroon: 46.25 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 114th of 140 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2225.0664.22No earlier reading
Cameroon: 25.06 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.459.115.45No real change since 2025
Cameroon: 9.1 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.2551.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Cameroon: -1.255 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 152nd of 176 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7841.6278.78No earlier reading
Cameroon: 41.62 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 121st of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6877.8391.68No earlier reading
Cameroon: 77.83 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 123rd of 140 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.5210.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Cameroon: -1.521 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 158th of 176 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3576.0132.35No earlier reading
Cameroon: 76.01 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 4th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6016.3395.601Moved since 2019
Cameroon: 6.339 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454313,651141,454Moved since 2020
Cameroon: 313,651 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670139,14084,670Moved since 2020
Cameroon: 139,140 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714204,308148,714Moved since 2020
Cameroon: 204,308 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.380.96No earlier reading
Cameroon: 0.38 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Cameroon
ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports (last 2023) and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Cameroon’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Cameroon’s 5th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability42nd of 1864/4 keys
- Energy71st of 1653/3 keys
- Work & Labour97th of 1824/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 115th of 1843/4 keys
- Digital & Technology127th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation116th of 1764/4 keys
- Gender & Equality140th of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security145th of 1774/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 160th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 160th of 1934/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge165th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade148th of 1773/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital166th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 169th of 1984/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 138th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing180th of 2004/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Cameroon can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
Angola=106th4/4 keysThis page
Cameroon127th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Cameroon on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Cameroon rank on digital & technology?
Cameroon is placed 127th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Cameroon?
0.378 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Cameroon?
34.91 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Cameroon compare with Nigeria on digital & technology?
Nigeria is placed 82nd of 198, and Cameroon 127th. GovTech Maturity Index: Nigeria 0.512, Cameroon 0.378; Government AI Readiness Index: Nigeria 50.79, Cameroon 34.91; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Nigeria 0.24, Cameroon -1.244; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Nigeria 33.96, Cameroon 33.2.
How have Cameroon’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 29.85 in 2020 to 34.91 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.549 in 2000 to -1.244 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 32.87 in 2010 to 33.2 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Cameroon?
No current reading is published for Cameroon on ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Cameroon’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Cameroon (banner) — ymea derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cameroon: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cameroon/digital