Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in Cameroon
Cameroon: Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty was 4.32 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in Cameroon, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 4.32 for fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in Cameroon peaked at 6.61 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 4.32, in 2023.
Cameroon ranks 17th of 229 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.73 | 5.72 | 5.74 | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.84 | 5.72 | 6.14 | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.39 | 6.2 | 6.58 | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.55 | 6.41 | 6.61 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.98 | 5.6 | 6.36 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.39 | 5.24 | 5.51 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.88 | 4.65 | 5.15 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.44 | 4.32 | 4.56 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More poverty & inequality data for Cameroon
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,770 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.04 (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 13.04 (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.42 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.558 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 14.32 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in Cameroon?
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty in Cameroon was 4.32 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6.61 in 1980.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.32 in 2023.
- How does Cameroon rank for fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty?
- Cameroon ranks 17th out of 229 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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