Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon
Cameroon: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5937 in 2021. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon, 1996–2021
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.5937 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon peaked at 0.6388 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.5937, in 2021.
Cameroon ranks 19th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.6388 | — |
| 2001 | 0.6129 | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6097 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6304 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5937 | -5.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.5937 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.5937 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5654, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6388 | 0.6388 | 0.6388 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6113 | 0.6097 | 0.6129 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6304 | 0.6304 | 0.6304 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.5937 | 0.5937 | 0.5937 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More poverty & inequality data for Cameroon
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,770 kg per hectare (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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.0% (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cameroon was 0.5937 in 2021, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6388 in 1996.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5937 in 2021.
- How does Cameroon rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.