Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tuberculosis treatment success rate was 89.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon, 2000–2023
Source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of new cases.
Analysis
In 2023, tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon stood at 89.0%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of 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, 62.0%, in 2001.
Cameroon ranks 58th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of new cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77.0% | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0688 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.07 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (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 Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).
- 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 62.0% in 2001.
- How does Cameroon rank for tuberculosis treatment success rate?
- Cameroon ranks 58th out of 203 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 Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).