Cost healthy diet in Cameroon
Cameroon: Cost healthy diet was 4.38 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.38
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
91st
of 174 countries
All-time high
4.38
in 2024
All-time low
2.6
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Cost healthy diet in Cameroon, 2017–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cost healthy diet in Cameroon is 4.38, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 68.5% over ten years.
That places Cameroon 91st out of 174 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cost healthy diet in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.6 | — |
| 2018 | 2.74 | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 2.9 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3.1 | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 3.41 | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 3.91 | +14.7% |
| 2023 | 4.2 | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 4.38 | +4.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 4.38 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.49, 98% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 4.38 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.34, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.75 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.38 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More health data for Cameroon
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7821 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 12,841 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 17 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0746 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.076 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost healthy diet in Cameroon?
- Cost healthy diet in Cameroon was 4.38 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cost healthy diet recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4.38 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cost healthy diet recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6 in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for cost healthy diet?
- Cameroon ranks 91st out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cost healthy diet rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cost healthy diet. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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