Poverty & Inequality in Cameroon 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Cameroon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 61.9% 128th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 72.7% 99th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.32 live births per woman 2023 down 11.9% 18th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,770 kg per hectare 2024 up 8.6% 132nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.9% 107th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 99th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.04 2019 up 11.7% 137th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.0% 2019 up 11.7% 137th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2019 down 21.3% 101st Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.42 % change on previous year 2019 down 206.2% 139th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.558 2023 down 3.6% 22nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.3% 2023 up 9.7% 142nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1807 2023 down 21.4% 24th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1807 2023 down 21.4% 24th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2072 2023 down 17.3% 20th 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 Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 41.3% 2021 down 2.6% 22nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 74.0% 2021 up 1.8% 26th Prosperity gap 7.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 6.4% 21st Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5286 2023 up 18.6% 9th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 15.6% 2021 down 10.3% 19th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 36.9% 2021 down 3.4% 18th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 37.5% 2021 down 1.6% 23rd Population living in slums 32.7% 2022 down 28.6% 69th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.361 2023 up 4.3% 138th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.361 2023 up 4.3% 138th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.361 2023 up 4.3% 138th Proportion of population below international poverty line 26.7% 2021 down 7.9% 20th Three metrics of inequality 59.96 2021 down 6.0% 28th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5996 2021 down 6.0% 28th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 53.51 2023 up 34.1% 122nd Income share held by second 20% 9.6% 2021 up 12.9% 109th Income share held by third 20% 14.7% 2021 up 7.3% 100th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2021 up 4.2% 37th Income share held by highest 20% 47.9% 2021 down 7.4% 21st Income share held by highest 10% 31.1% 2021 down 11.1% 25th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2021 up 23.5% 95th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.4% 2021 up 20.0% 102nd Gini index 42.2 2021 down 9.4% 21st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 18.8% 2021 down 13.4% 17th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 2.45 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 1.7% 19th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 8.2% 2021 down 18.1% 18th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.222 2024 down 0.7% 69th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5937 2021 down 5.8% 19th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5937 2021 down 5.8% 19th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.2% 2024 unchanged 64th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 2,850 2017 up 28.2% 130th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 47.6% 2021 down 8.5% 35th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 13.3% 2021 down 16.3% 66th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4218 2021 down 9.6% 20th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 7.31 million people 2021 up 14.2% 21st Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.30 million people 2021 up 17.2% 63rd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% 19th Page 1 of 2 Next →