Tuberculosis case detection rate in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tuberculosis case detection rate was 69.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis case detection rate in Cameroon, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 69.0% for tuberculosis case detection rate in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis case detection rate in Cameroon peaked at 69.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 2002.
That places Cameroon 142nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.2% | 41.0% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.4% | 45.0% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.0% | 53.0% | 69.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Cameroon
- 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)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 4 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 4 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 244,584 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 245,558 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 251,698 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 252,310 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 260,306 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 260,630 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis case detection rate in Cameroon?
- Tuberculosis case detection rate in Cameroon was 69.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 69.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis case detection rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 2002.
- How does Cameroon rank for tuberculosis case detection rate?
- Cameroon ranks 142nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tuberculosis case detection rate rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tuberculosis case detection rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases diagnosed and treated in national TB control programmes and notified to WHO, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident TB cases for the same year.