In its monthly economic report, the Autonomous Amortization Fund (CAA) reports that the country's public debt as of August 31, 2021 amounts to 10,927 billion FCFA (19.3 billion dollars). Growth is estimated respectively at 0.5% compared to the previous month and 8.2% compared to last year.

Cameroon's debt represents 45.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) and is made up of 91.8% of the direct and guaranteed debt of the central administration and 8.2% of the debt of public enterprises and establishments. . The main variations of the domestic debt estimated at 2,618.9 billion FCFA are made up of 46.8% of public securities, 28.8% of structured debt, 22% of debt consolidated with the Bank of African States central bank (BEAC) and 2.5% unstructured debt. Cameroon's debt, which was around 3,000 billion FCFA (5.3 billion dollars) in 2007, rose to 6,010 billion FCFA (10.6 billion dollars) in 2016 to stand at 10,927 billion FCFA. FCFA in 2021.