Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity in constant prices of 2011

23.00 (%) in 2021

In 2021, poverty rate at $1.9 a day for Cameroon was 23 %. Though Cameroon poverty rate at $1.9 a day fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1996 - 2021 period ending at 23 % in 2021.

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Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.

Date Value Change, %
2021 23.00 -10.51%
2014 25.70 -18.15%
2007 31.40 22.18%
2001 25.70 -49.01%
1996 50.40