Poverty & Inequality in Cameroon 19 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Cameroon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 74.0% 2021 up 1.8% 26th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 41.3% 2021 down 2.6% 22nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 26.7% 2021 down 7.9% 19th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 8.2% 2021 down 18.0% 18th Prosperity gap 7.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 6.4% 19th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 37.5% 2021 down 1.6% 23rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 36.9% 2021 down 3.4% 18th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 15.6% 2021 down 10.3% 19th Population living in slums 32.7% 2022 down 28.6% 69th Income share held by second 20% 9.6% 2021 up 12.9% 107th Gini index 42.2 2021 down 9.4% 21st Income share held by lowest 20% 5.4% 2021 up 20.0% 102nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2021 up 23.5% 95th Income share held by highest 10% 31.1% 2021 down 11.1% 25th Income share held by highest 20% 47.9% 2021 down 7.4% 21st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2021 up 4.2% 35th Income share held by third 20% 14.7% 2021 up 7.3% 98th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 18.8% 2021 down 13.4% 15th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th