- Food39.1%Not food insecure; 60.9% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2024
- Water71.4%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
- Shelter67.3%City dwellers outside slums; 32.7% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
- Energy25.1About 251 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 32% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ember, 2024
- Education28.128.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, datedWorld Bank, 2019
- Health48WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
- Livelihood58.7%Above US$4.20 a day; 41.3% live below itWorld Bank, 2021
Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Cameroon. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures
Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.