Share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon
Cameroon: Share of voting rights in international organizations was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.9% for share of voting rights in international organizations in 2024.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon peaked at 1.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2020.
That places Cameroon 29th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -33.9% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +48.6% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -6.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3%, 3.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of voting rights in international organizations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +48.6% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| 2020 | -33.9% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More social development data for Cameroon
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 408,613 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 140,366 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0047 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 140,366 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0137 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon?
- Share of voting rights in international organizations in Cameroon was 0.9% in 2024, according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- How does Cameroon rank for share of voting rights in international organizations?
- Cameroon ranks 29th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of voting rights in international organizations rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of voting rights in international organizations. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of voting rights of developing countries in international organizations, by organization (%).