Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon
Cameroon: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon stood at 0.3%.
The figure is down 27.0% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon peaked at 0.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2002.
That places Cameroon 64th out of 148 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 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)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5286 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon was 0.3% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2002.
- How does Cameroon rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Cameroon ranks 64th out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)