Health in Cameroon

340 indicators covering health for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 59,672 2025 up 21.4% 88th
Population ages 80 and above, female 61,938 2025 up 20.2% 100th
Population ages 80 and above, male 42,306 2025 up 20.6% 93rd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 12.7% 2024 up 74.0% 10th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 14.4% 2024 up 71.4% 10th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 13.6% 2024 up 72.2% 10th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 24.7% 2024 down 13.6% 34th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 29.7% 2024 down 12.1% 32nd
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 27.2% 2024 down 12.8% 33rd
Hospital beds 2.65 per 1,000 people 2016 72nd
Tuberculosis death rate 17 per 100,000 people 2024 down 45.2% 42nd
Incidence of tuberculosis 132 per 100,000 people 2024 down 41.6% 52nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 81.6% 2024 down 0.5% 171st
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 61.9% 2024 up 6.4% 142nd
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.9% 2024 down 7.2% 49th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 56.2% 2024 up 18.9% 153rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 24.9% 2024 up 1.5% 143rd
People using at least basic drinking water services 71.4% 2024 up 8.2% 190th
People practicing open defecation, rural 9.7% 2024 down 16.7% 47th
People using at least basic sanitation services 47.1% 2024 up 10.2% 183rd
Tuberculosis case detection rate 69.0% 2024 up 32.7% 141st
People practicing open defecation 4.4% 2024 down 24.7% 52nd
Current health expenditure 4.6% 2023 up 25.4% 136th
Current health expenditure per capita 79.1 current US$ 2023 up 38.2% 155th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 67.7% 2023 down 3.0% 9th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 53.51 current US$ 2023 up 34.1% 123rd
Domestic general government health expenditure 14.7% 2023 up 11.1% 177th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 36.17 current international $ 2023 up 132.5% 166th
Domestic private health expenditure 70.6% 2023 down 11.2% 9th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 246.18 current international $ 2023 up 109.3% 153rd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 55.85 current US$ 2023 up 22.8% 132nd
Immunization, Hib3 77.0% 2024 up 1.3% 149th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 6.48 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 29.8% 16th
Reported cases of measles 863 Cases 2024 up 3.9% 44th
Child mortality by income level of country 6.48 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 29.8% 16th
Number of infant deaths 38,551 2024 down 14.4% 24th
Number of under-five deaths 61,508 2024 down 17.1% 20th
Number of neonatal deaths 24,029 2024 down 3.1% 23rd
Child mortality vs. health spending 6.48 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 29.8% 16th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 71.0% 2024 unchanged 167th
Adolescent fertility rate 105.39 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 12.4% 16th
Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 unchanged 196th
Domestic general government health expenditure 3.9% 2023 up 56.5% 181st
External health expenditure 14.7% 2023 up 101.2% 49th
External health expenditure per capita 11.63 current US$ 2023 up 178.1% 61st
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 36.2 current international $ 2023 up 321.2% 52nd
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 38.9% 2023 up 4.6% 32nd
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 38.7% 2023 up 5.7% 31st
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 41.0% 2023 down 3.1% 37th
Stillbirth rate 18.3 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 9.9% 34th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 410,000 2024 down 16.3% 9th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 63.7 years 2023 up 8.5% 214th
Prevalence of undernourishment 4.8% 2023 up 14.3% 90th
Immunization, measles second dose 49.0% 2024 166th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 88.0% 2024 up 252.0% 23rd
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 89.0% 2023 up 8.5% 58th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 38.6% 2019 up 6.6% 95th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 34.8% 2019 down 2.8% 124th
Prevalence of hypertension 36.8% 2019 up 2.2% 107th
Treatment for hypertension, female 21.9% 2019 up 37.7% 176th