Cameroon vs Rwanda: Augmented Human Development Index

Cameroon

0.2207

in 2020

Rwanda

0.2243

in 2020

Cameroon rank

147th

Rwanda rank

145th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Cameroon
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.2243 against 0.2207 in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0035.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 147th and Rwanda ranks 145th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Cameroon
Augmented Human Development Index in Rwanda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.