Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon
Cameroon: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon stood at 0.2%.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and unchanged 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 149 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -22.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +35.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +180.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -57.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +27.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -39.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +24.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -27.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -15.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 76% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 32% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +180.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
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% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% compare
- 62 Kenya 0.3% compare
- 63 Bhutan 0.3% compare
- 64 Cambodia 0.2% compare
- 64 Ghana 0.2% compare
- 67 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2% compare
- 67 Papua New Guinea 0.2% compare
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Cameroon was 0.2% in 2024, 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 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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).