Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Cameroon
Cameroon: Treatment success rate: new TB cases was 89 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Cameroon, 1995–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for treatment success rate: new tb cases in Cameroon is 89, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treatment success rate: new tb cases in Cameroon peaked at 89 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 53, in 1995.
Cameroon ranks 54th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Treatment success rate: new TB cases in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 53 | — |
| 1996 | 59 | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 60 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 75 | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 75 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 77 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 62 | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 71 | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 71 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 74 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 74 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 74 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 75 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 77 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 78 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 79 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 79 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 82 | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 84 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 86 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 88 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 89 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 89 | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 89 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 89 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treatment success rate: new TB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +25.0% | 60 | 75 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.4 | 53 | 75 | 5 |
| 2000s | 72.78 | 62 | 77 | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.4 | 78 | 86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 88 | 86 | 89 | 4 |
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 treatment success rate: new tb cases in Cameroon?
- Treatment success rate: new tb cases in Cameroon was 89 in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest treatment success rate: new tb cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 89 in 2022.
- What is the lowest treatment success rate: new tb cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 53 in 1995.
- How does Cameroon rank for treatment success rate: new tb cases?
- Cameroon ranks 54th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is treatment success rate: new tb cases rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Treatment success rate: new TB cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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