Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 89.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon, 1994–2023
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 89.0% for tuberculosis treatment success rate in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon peaked at 89.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 44.0%, in 1994.
Cameroon ranks 60th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 44.0% | — |
| 1995 | 53.0% | +20.5% |
| 1996 | 59.0% | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 60.0% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 75.0% | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 77.0% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 62.0% | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 71.0% | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 71.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 74.0% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 74.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 75.0% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 77.0% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 78.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 79.0% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 82.0% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 44.0% | 75.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 72.8% | 62.0% | 77.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.4% | 78.0% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 86.0% | 89.0% | 4 |
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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)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.204 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2072 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon?
- Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon was 89.0% in 2023, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tuberculosis treatment success rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.0% in 1994.
- How does Cameroon rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Cameroon ranks 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tuberculosis treatment success rate 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 WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tuberculosis treatment success rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Treatment success rate among new and relapse cases.