Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon
Cameroon: Yellow fever - number of reported cases was 36 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon, 1974–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon is 36, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 63.6% on the previous year and up 1,700.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon peaked at 173 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1988.
That places Cameroon 7th out of 199 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1 | — |
| 1975 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 7 | +600.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | -85.7% |
| 1988 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 173 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1994 | 10 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 2 | — |
| 2004 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2005 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 | +300.0% |
| 2010 | 16 | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 29 | +81.2% |
| 2012 | 31 | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 15 | -51.6% |
| 2014 | 3 | -80.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 61 | +2950.0% |
| 2017 | 4 | -93.4% |
| 2018 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 22 | +340.0% |
| 2020 | 6 | -72.7% |
| 2021 | 44 | +633.3% |
| 2022 | 39 | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 18 | -53.8% |
| 2024 | 22 | +22.2% |
| 2025 | 36 | +63.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1990s | 45.75 | 0 | 173 | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.22 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.8 | 2 | 61 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.5 | 6 | 44 | 6 |
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)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 786.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 12,841 (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2785 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 3.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.5607 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon?
- Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Cameroon was 36 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest yellow fever - number of reported cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 173 in 1990.
- What is the lowest yellow fever - number of reported cases recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1988.
- How does Cameroon rank for yellow fever - number of reported cases?
- Cameroon ranks 7th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is yellow fever - number of reported cases rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,700.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Yellow fever - number of reported cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).