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 ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →