Self harm death rates by age in Cameroon
Cameroon: Self harm death rates by age was 1.15 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Self harm death rates by age in Cameroon, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1.15 for self harm death rates by age in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self harm death rates by age in Cameroon peaked at 1.15 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.7765, in 2000.
Cameroon ranks 11th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Self harm death rates by age in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7765 | — |
| 2001 | 1.06 | +36.6% |
| 2002 | 1.04 | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 1.02 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 1 | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9802 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9671 | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9659 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9555 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9473 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9316 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9263 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9248 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9293 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9211 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9626 | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9821 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9805 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.05 | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1.09 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1.15 | +5.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.15 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3576, 3.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.15 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5131, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Self harm death rates by age in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +36.6% | 0.7765 | 1.06 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9716 | 0.7765 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9608 | 0.9211 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 8 Rwanda 1.23 compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.18 compare
- 10 Central African Republic 1.16 compare
- 12 Micronesia (country) 1.13 compare
- 13 Mongolia 1.09 compare
- 14 United States 1.09 compare
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 self harm death rates by age in Cameroon?
- Self harm death rates by age in Cameroon was 1.15 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest self harm death rates by age recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 in 2021.
- What is the lowest self harm death rates by age recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7765 in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for self harm death rates by age?
- Cameroon ranks 11th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is self harm death rates by age rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. 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 Self harm death rates by age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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