Cameroon poverty rate for 2021 was 74.00%, a 1.3% increase from 2014.
Cameroon poverty rate for 2014 was 72.70%, a 9.9% decline from 2007.
Cameroon poverty rate for 2007 was 82.60%, a 0.3% increase from 2001.
Cameroon poverty rate for 2001 was 82.30%, a 7.5% decline from 1996.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Cameroon Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1996 - 2021.