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Human development index — Cameroon

Human development index in Cameroon in 2023 — 0.588 index. Ranked 155 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 31.3%.

2023 0.588 index +1.2% vs 2022
World rank 155of 193
Period maximum 0.588 index2023
Period minimum 0.432 index1996

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Cameroon, 1990–20230.40.450.50.550.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.448 index1991: 0.445 index1992: 0.442 index1993: 0.436 index1994: 0.434 index1995: 0.433 index1996: 0.432 index1997: 0.432 index1998: 0.433 index1999: 0.434 index2000: 0.439 index2001: 0.458 index2002: 0.458 index2003: 0.465 index2004: 0.47 index2005: 0.472 index2006: 0.473 index2007: 0.485 index2008: 0.501 index2009: 0.516 index2010: 0.529 index2011: 0.538 index2012: 0.549 index2013: 0.558 index2014: 0.566 index2015: 0.575 index2016: 0.579 index2017: 0.581 index2018: 0.582 index2019: 0.582 index2020: 0.579 index2021: 0.574 index2022: 0.581 index2023: 0.588 index
Change over the period: +0.14 (+31.25%) Average annual rate: 0.83 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 0.588 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Middle Africa computed 0.543 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.588 +0.007 +1.2%
2022 0.581 +0.007 +1.22%
2021 0.574 −0.005 −0.86%
2020 0.579 −0.003 −0.52%
2019 0.582 +0 +0%
2018 0.582 +0.001 +0.17%
2017 0.581 +0.002 +0.35%
2016 0.579 +0.004 +0.7%
2015 0.575 +0.009 +1.59%
2014 0.566 +0.008 +1.43%
2013 0.558 +0.009 +1.64%
2012 0.549 +0.011 +2.04%
2011 0.538 +0.009 +1.7%
2010 0.529 +0.013 +2.52%
2009 0.516 +0.015 +2.99%
2008 0.501 +0.016 +3.3%
2007 0.485 +0.012 +2.54%
2006 0.473 +0.001 +0.21%
2005 0.472 +0.002 +0.43%
2004 0.47 +0.005 +1.08%
2003 0.465 +0.007 +1.53%
2002 0.458 +0 +0%
2001 0.458 +0.019 +4.33%
2000 0.439 +0.005 +1.15%
1999 0.434 +0.001 +0.23%
1998 0.433 +0.001 +0.23%
1997 0.432 +0 +0%
1996 0.432 −0.001 −0.23%
1995 0.433 −0.001 −0.23%
1994 0.434 −0.002 −0.46%
1993 0.436 −0.006 −1.36%
1992 0.442 −0.003 −0.67%
1991 0.445 −0.003 −0.67%
1990 0.448 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GA Gabon 0.733 GQ Equatorial Guinea 0.674 CG Republic of the Congo 0.649 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.637 AO Angola 0.616 CM Cameroon 0.588 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.522 TD Chad 0.416 CF Central African Republic 0.414
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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