Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving was 86 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Cameroon, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 86 for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 87.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Cameroon peaked at 86 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 46, in 2015.
That places Cameroon 71st 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 status receiving in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 46 | — |
| 2016 | 53 | +15.2% |
| 2017 | 61 | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 65 | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 69 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 75 | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 80 | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 83 | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 84 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 85 | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 86 | +1.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 86 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 91% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 86 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 97, 89% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58.8 | 46 | 69 | 5 |
| 2020s | 82.17 | 75 | 86 | 6 |
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)
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Cameroon?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Cameroon was 86 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 86 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 in 2015.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving?
- Cameroon ranks 71st out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.0%. 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 status receiving antiretroviral therapy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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