Total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon
Cameroon: Total tetanus - number of reported cases was 17 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon, 1981–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon stood at 17.
The figure is down 52.8% on the previous year and down 85.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon peaked at 1,084 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 3, in 1983.
That places Cameroon 44th out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 18 | — |
| 1982 | 26 | +44.4% |
| 1983 | 3 | -88.5% |
| 1984 | 1,050 | +34900.0% |
| 1985 | 893 | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 1,084 | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 879 | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 382 | -56.5% |
| 1997 | 171 | -55.2% |
| 2000 | 279 | +63.2% |
| 2004 | 154 | -44.8% |
| 2005 | 129 | -16.2% |
| 2007 | 147 | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 65 | -55.8% |
| 2009 | 72 | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 83 | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 93 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 23 | -75.3% |
| 2013 | 43 | +87.0% |
| 2014 | 110 | +155.8% |
| 2015 | 120 | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 58 | -51.7% |
| 2017 | 51 | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 27 | -47.1% |
| 2019 | 7 | -74.1% |
| 2020 | 16 | +128.6% |
| 2021 | 31 | +93.8% |
| 2022 | 40 | +29.0% |
| 2023 | 36 | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 17 | -52.8% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 17 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4, 4.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 17 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16.5, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total tetanus - number of reported cases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +34900.0% | 3 | 1,050 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 564.71 | 3 | 1,084 | 7 |
| 1990s | 276.5 | 171 | 382 | 2 |
| 2000s | 141 | 65 | 279 | 6 |
| 2010s | 61.5 | 7 | 120 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.33 | 16 | 40 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 42 Benin 21 compare
- 43 Afghanistan 19 compare
- 45 Haiti 16 compare
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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 total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon?
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases in Cameroon was 17 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest total tetanus - number of reported cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,084 in 1986.
- What is the lowest total tetanus - number of reported cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 1983.
- How does Cameroon rank for total tetanus - number of reported cases?
- Cameroon ranks 44th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total tetanus - number of reported cases rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Total tetanus - number of reported cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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