GOAL 5: Gender Equality in Cameroon
Cameroon: GOAL 5: Gender Equality was 0.25 5 year moving average in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.25 5 year moving average
Change on year
down 62.5%
World rank
164th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.75 5 year moving average
in 2014
All-time low
0.125 5 year moving average
in 2019
Years of data
20
2004–2023
GOAL 5: Gender Equality in Cameroon, 2004–2023
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in 5 year moving average.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.25 5 year moving average for goal 5: gender equality in 2023.
That represents a change of down 62.5% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, goal 5: gender equality in Cameroon peaked at 0.75 5 year moving average in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.125 5 year moving average, in 2019.
Cameroon ranks 164th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
GOAL 5: Gender Equality in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 5 year moving average | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.5 5 year moving average | — |
| 2005 | 0.333 5 year moving average | -33.4% |
| 2006 | 0.286 5 year moving average | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 0.286 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.286 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.143 5 year moving average | -50.0% |
| 2010 | 0.143 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.286 5 year moving average | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 0.286 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.25 5 year moving average | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 0.75 5 year moving average | +200.0% |
| 2015 | 0.75 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.625 5 year moving average | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.625 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.625 5 year moving average | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.125 5 year moving average | -80.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5 5 year moving average | +300.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 5 year moving average | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.667 5 year moving average | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 0.25 5 year moving average | -62.5% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.25 5 year moving average is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5 5 year moving average, 50% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.25 5 year moving average is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5 5 year moving average, 50% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where GOAL 5: Gender Equality in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +300.0% | 0.125 5 year moving average | 0.5 5 year moving average |
| 2014 | +200.0% | 0.25 5 year moving average | 0.75 5 year moving average |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3057 5 year moving average | 0.143 5 year moving average | 0.5 5 year moving average | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4465 5 year moving average | 0.125 5 year moving average | 0.75 5 year moving average | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5042 5 year moving average | 0.25 5 year moving average | 0.667 5 year moving average | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 164 American Samoa 0.25 5 year moving average compare
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More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goal 5: gender equality in Cameroon?
- Goal 5: gender equality in Cameroon was 0.25 5 year moving average in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
- What is the highest goal 5: gender equality recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.75 5 year moving average in 2014.
- What is the lowest goal 5: gender equality recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.125 5 year moving average in 2019.
- How does Cameroon rank for goal 5: gender equality?
- Cameroon ranks 164th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goal 5: gender equality rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of GOAL 5: Gender Equality (5 year moving average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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SDG Goal 5 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database