Cameroon, year by year

Every index this site holds for Cameroon, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.448 in 1990 to 0.588 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 64 years2024at birthUp 9.1 years from 54.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 46%2024of people onlineUp 44 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 56%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 6 points from 49% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.262024births per womanDown 1.16 from 5.42 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 79%2021of energy usedDown 6 points from 86% in 2004
Access to electricity: 72%2024of people with electricityUp 25 points from 47% in 2005
Infant mortality: 402024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 33 from 74 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 43%2023of land under forestDown 2 points from 45% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.448	54.4	—	—	6.36	81.6	—	82	0.4	47.6	—	—
1991	0.445	54.2	—	40.8	6.32	83.2	29	82	0.4	47.4	—	—
1992	0.442	54.0	—	41.4	6.26	84.4	33	83	0.4	47.2	—	—
1993	0.436	53.9	—	42.1	6.16	83.9	34	84	0.4	47.0	—	—
1994	0.434	53.5	—	42.7	6.04	83.6	35	86	0.4	46.8	—	—
1995	0.433	53.4	—	43.4	5.92	84.5	36	86	0.4	46.6	—	—
1996	0.432	53.2	—	44.0	5.80	84.9	37	87	0.4	46.5	—	—
1997	0.432	53.1	0.0	44.6	5.71	84.7	38	86	0.4	46.3	—	—
1998	0.433	53.0	0.0	45.1	5.66	84.5	41	86	0.4	46.1	—	—
1999	0.434	53.2	0.1	45.7	5.60	86.2	41	85	0.4	45.9	—	—
2000	0.439	53.3	0.3	46.2	5.51	84.6	41	83	0.4	45.7	—	—
2001	0.458	53.6	0.3	46.8	5.44	85.3	46	81	0.4	45.5	—	—
2002	0.458	53.9	0.4	47.3	5.44	85.2	44	79	0.4	45.4	—	—
2003	0.465	54.3	0.6	47.7	5.43	85.3	45	77	0.3	45.3	—	—
2004	0.470	54.6	1.0	48.2	5.44	85.5	47	75	0.3	45.1	—	—
2005	0.472	54.9	1.4	48.6	5.42	86.3	47	74	0.3	45.0	—	—
2006	0.473	55.3	2.0	49.2	5.37	85.5	49	72	0.3	44.8	1191	2704
2007	0.485	55.7	2.9	49.7	5.34	80.8	48	70	0.4	44.7	1326	2818
2008	0.501	56.1	3.4	50.1	5.29	80.8	51	68	0.4	44.5	1492	2870
2009	0.516	56.5	3.8	50.5	5.24	79.2	52	66	0.4	44.4	1461	2879
2010	0.529	57.0	4.3	50.9	5.15	78.7	53	64	0.4	44.2	1399	2914
2011	0.538	57.5	5.0	51.2	5.05	78.6	54	62	0.4	44.1	1514	2989
2012	0.549	58.2	7.5	51.6	4.98	78.6	55	60	0.4	44.0	1449	3060
2013	0.558	58.7	10.0	52.0	4.91	77.7	56	57	0.4	43.9	1576	3239
2014	0.566	59.1	16.2	52.3	4.84	76.9	57	55	0.4	43.7	1649	3422
2015	0.575	59.7	18.3	52.6	4.84	78.1	59	53	0.4	43.6	1415	3498
2016	0.579	60.3	20.6	53.0	4.84	78.8	60	51	0.4	43.5	1442	3627
2017	0.581	60.8	23.2	53.3	4.80	79.2	61	50	0.4	43.4	1496	3767
2018	0.582	61.2	29.7	53.6	4.74	78.7	62	48	0.4	43.3	1611	4011
2019	0.582	61.7	36.5	54.0	4.65	78.9	63	47	0.4	43.1	1555	4241
2020	0.579	61.7	37.7	54.3	4.56	78.9	64	46	0.4	43.0	1556	4365
2021	0.574	61.1	38.9	54.5	4.47	79.2	65	44	0.4	42.9	1672	4794
2022	0.581	62.4	40.1	54.9	4.40	—	71	43	0.4	42.8	1605	5188
2023	0.588	63.7	42.2	55.1	4.32	—	72	41	0.4	42.7	1720	5415
2024	—	64.0	46.3	55.4	4.26	—	72	40	0.3	—	1830	5597
2025	—	—	—	55.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	5788
On the profile	0.588	64.0	46.3	55.7	4.26	79.2	—	—	0.3	42.7	1972	5788

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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