Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 85 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Cameroon, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Cameroon stood at 85. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Cameroon peaked at 85 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70, in 2015.
That places Cameroon 65th out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 70 | — |
| 2016 | 74 | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 78 | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 80 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 81 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 82 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 84 | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 85 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 85 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 76.4 | 70 | 80 | 5 |
| 2020s | 83.67 | 81 | 85 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 64 Honduras 86 compare
- 65 Kazakhstan 85 compare
- 65 Guinea-Bissau 85 compare
- 65 Serbia 85 compare
- 65 Peru 85 compare
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7821 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 786.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 12,841 deaths (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)
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- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Cameroon?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Cameroon was 85 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 85 in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 in 2015.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Cameroon ranks 65th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. 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, published as part of Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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