Income inequality: Atkinson index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.5286 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Cameroon, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.5286 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Cameroon peaked at 0.5286 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4459, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 9th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4955 | 0.4459 | 0.5286 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5286 | 0.5286 | 0.5286 | 4 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.0% (2019)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.558 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2072 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 26.7% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Cameroon?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Cameroon was 0.5286 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5286 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4459 in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Cameroon ranks 9th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.