Cameroon's life expectancy rose from 53.3 yrs in 1995 to 64.0 yrs in 2024.
Cameroon · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Cameroon's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 46.1 yrs in 2000 to 54.0 yrs in 2021.
Cameroon's infant mortality fell from 86.2 ‰ in 1995 to 40.2 ‰ in 2024.
Cameroon's under-5 mortality rate fell from 147.1 ‰ in 1995 to 64.8 ‰ in 2024.
Cameroon's maternal mortality ratio fell from 628.0 /100k in 1994 to 258.0 /100k in 2023.
Cameroon's ncd mortality fell from 26.2 % in 2000 to 24.3 % in 2021.
Cameroon's suicide mortality rate rose from 7.3 /100k in 2000 to 8.5 /100k in 2021.
Cameroon's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 27.4 /100k in 2000 to 30.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.1 pts135th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +9.7 %153rd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.1 pts184th of 192
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- Physiciansup +7.9 %114th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +237.9 %115th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +3.8 %69th of 141*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts165th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +2.0 pts152nd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.2 pts134th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.6 %156th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Cameroon.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data