Cameroon

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	45
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	17%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	51%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	4%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	19%
Access to improved sanitation	51%
Access to an improved water source	66%
Literacy rate, all adults	68%
Life expectancy, both sexes	46 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {2} Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {3} Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {4} Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {5} Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure.

Poverty resources:

• Overview of logging in Cameroon (Document)
• Republic of Cameroon, MDG's Progress Report at a Provincial Level (Document)
• World Bank Cameroon Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• None

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• An Overview of Logging in Cameroon
• WRI, Cameroon Ink Pact to Monitor Forests, Curb Illegal Logging

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/31

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=CM