GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in Cameroon

Cameroon: GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being was 0.72 5 year moving average in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.72 5 year moving average
Change on year
up 5.9%
World rank
144th
of 214 countries
All-time high
0.889 5 year moving average
in 2004
All-time low
0.68 5 year moving average
in 2022
Years of data
20
2004–2023

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in Cameroon, 2004–2023

00.20.40.60.82004201320232004: 0.889 5 year moving average2005: 0.75 5 year moving average2006: 0.75 5 year moving average2007: 0.75 5 year moving average2008: 0.75 5 year moving average2009: 0.688 5 year moving average2010: 0.706 5 year moving average2011: 0.765 5 year moving average2012: 0.765 5 year moving average2013: 0.765 5 year moving average2014: 0.765 5 year moving average2015: 0.737 5 year moving average2016: 0.762 5 year moving average2017: 0.762 5 year moving average2018: 0.762 5 year moving average2019: 0.714 5 year moving average2020: 0.762 5 year moving average2021: 0.76 5 year moving average2022: 0.68 5 year moving average2023: 0.72 5 year moving average

Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in 5 year moving average.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 0.72 5 year moving average for goal 3: good health and well-being in 2023.

That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goal 3: good health and well-being in Cameroon peaked at 0.889 5 year moving average in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.68 5 year moving average, in 2022.

Cameroon ranks 144th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.7628 5 year moving average 0.688 5 year moving average 0.889 5 year moving average 6
2010s 0.7503 5 year moving average 0.706 5 year moving average 0.765 5 year moving average 10
2020s 0.7305 5 year moving average 0.68 5 year moving average 0.762 5 year moving average 4

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 144 Bahamas 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  2. 144 Bahrain 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  3. 144 Central African Republic 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  4. 144 Gabon 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  5. 144 Guinea-Bissau 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  6. 144 Kiribati 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  7. 144 Lebanon 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  8. 144 Lesotho 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  9. 144 Namibia 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  10. 144 Nigeria 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  11. 144 Pakistan 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  12. 144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  13. 144 Syria 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  14. 144 Venezuela 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  15. 144 Yemen 0.72 5 year moving average compare
  16. 144 Zambia 0.72 5 year moving average compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is goal 3: good health and well-being in Cameroon?
Goal 3: good health and well-being in Cameroon was 0.72 5 year moving average in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
What is the highest goal 3: good health and well-being recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.889 5 year moving average in 2004.
What is the lowest goal 3: good health and well-being recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.68 5 year moving average in 2022.
How does Cameroon rank for goal 3: good health and well-being?
Cameroon ranks 144th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
Is goal 3: good health and well-being rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being (5 year moving average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being (5 year moving average)
Unit
5 year moving average
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
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