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Society profile

Cameroon

Cameroon: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 29.9 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 41.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 56.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 2.8%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 55.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 4.3World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 105.4World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 64.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 40.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -15 379World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 72.6%World Bank2018 Secondary school enrolment 44.8%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 16.7%World Bank2024 Education spending 2.8%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $5 788$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $5 700$World Bank2025 Gini index 42.2World Bank2021 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 26.7%World Bank2021 Income share held by richest 10% 31.1%World Bank2021

Health

Suicide rate 8.5per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 4.6%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 46.3%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 108.2per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 72.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.4tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey52.9%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey55.8%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey36.2%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey44.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey36.3%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 33.9%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey55.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey29.0%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey11.2%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.6%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 6.5%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 56.6%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 73.9%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 69.3%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 6.8per 100kWorld Bank2022 Feels safe walking alone at night survey44.0%UN SDG2021

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey12.9%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Paraguay84%
  2. Nigeria83%
  3. Kyrgyz Republic83%
  4. Cote d'Ivoire82%
  5. Kenya81%
  6. Maldives80%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.