Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth in Cameroon
Cameroon: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth was 54.01 in 2021. β² Rising
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth in Cameroon, 2000β2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 54.01 for healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth in 2021.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth in Cameroon peaked at 54.37 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 46.09, in 2001.
That places Cameroon 160th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.18 | 46.09 | 49.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.72 | 49.63 | 54.24 | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.19 | 54.01 | 54.37 | 2 |
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- 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)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 786.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 12,841 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4983 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 4 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 4 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 244,584 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth in Cameroon?
- Healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth in Cameroon was 54.01 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 54.37 in 2020.
- What is the lowest healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.09 in 2001.
- How does Cameroon rank for healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth?
- Cameroon ranks 160th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is healthy life expectancy (hale) at birth rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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, published as part of Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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