Cameroon Poverty Rate 1996-2024
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 2021 was 76.00%, a 1.2% increase from 2014.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2014 was 74.80%, a 9.5% decline from 2007.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2007 was 84.30%, a 0.3% increase from 2001.
- Cameroon poverty rate for 2001 was 84.00%, a 6.8% decline from 1996.
| Cameroon Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
76.00% |
1.20% |
| 2014 |
74.80% |
-9.50% |
| 2007 |
84.30% |
0.30% |
| 2001 |
84.00% |
-6.80% |
| 1996 |
90.80% |
-6.80% |
