Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon
Cameroon: Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 was 48 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
48
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
174th
of 208 countries
All-time high
48
in 2023
All-time low
28
in 2005
Years of data
24
2000–2023
Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2023, universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon stood at 48. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon peaked at 48 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28, in 2005.
Cameroon ranks 174th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32 | — |
| 2001 | 31 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 33 | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 34 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 35 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 44 | +25.7% |
| 2012 | 46 | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 46 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 47 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 45 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 46 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 47 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 43 | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 47 | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 48 | +2.1% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 48 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56, 86% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 48 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.5 | 28 | 35 | 10 |
| 2010s | 45 | 35 | 47 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.25 | 43 | 48 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 171 Equatorial Guinea 49 compare
- 171 Liberia 49 compare
- 171 United Republic of Tanzania 49 compare
- 174 Burundi 48 compare
- 174 Gabon 48 compare
- 174 Senegal 48 compare
- 174 Sierra Leone 48 compare
- 174 Sudan 48 compare
- 174 Timor-Leste 48 compare
- 174 East Timor 48 compare
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 universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon?
- Universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Cameroon was 48 in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 48 in 2023.
- What is the lowest universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 in 2005.
- How does Cameroon rank for universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025?
- Cameroon ranks 174th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 methodology. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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