Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Cameroon
Cameroon: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Cameroon, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cameroon is 4.6%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cameroon peaked at 4.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2009.
That places Cameroon 137th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4 |
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More health data for Cameroon
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 411,818 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 419,561 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 426,858 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 413,677 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 420,635 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 41.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 405,325 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 372,820 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cameroon?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cameroon was 4.6% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2009.
- How does Cameroon rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Cameroon ranks 137th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).