Cameroon Poverty Rate 1996-2022
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2014 was 71.00%, a 10.4% decline from 2007.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2007 was 81.40%, a 0.5% increase from 2001.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2001 was 80.90%, a 8.2% decline from 1996.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 1996 was 89.10%, a 89.1% increase from .
| Cameroon Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2014 |
71.00% |
-10.40% |
| 2007 |
81.40% |
0.50% |
| 2001 |
80.90% |
-8.20% |
| 1996 |
89.10% |
-8.20% |
