Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cameroon

37.7% of people in Cameroon lived below the national poverty line in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2021 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2021 37.7% % of population
Position in 2021 11th of 72 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cameroon over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2021 to 2021
Period Cameroon
2021 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 72 countries with data for 2021, Cameroon has the 11th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2021 to 2021 for Cameroon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources