Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Cameroon
41.3% of people in Cameroon lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021.
Cameroon, 2021
41.3%
Change from 2014
−1.1percentage points
World, 2021
21.4%
Position in 2021
12th of 81
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Cameroon over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 41.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 42.4% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 53.4% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 49.8% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 42.4% in 2014, a change of −1.1 percentage points.
- Since 1996, when it was 71.7%, the figure has changed by −30.4 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Cameroon has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.