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

0.440 → 0.587 (+0.147)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth54.9 → 64 (+9.1)

Internet users2 → 46 (+44)

Urban population49 → 56 (+6)

Births per woman5.42 → 4.26 (-1.16)

Renewable share of energy86 → 79 (-6)

Access to electricity47 → 72 (+25)

Infant mortality74 → 40 (-33)

CO2 emissions per person0.3 → 0.3 (+0)

Forest area45 → 43 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	0.440	54.4	—	—	6.36	82	—	82	0.4	47.6	—	—
1991	0.436	54.2	—	41	6.32	83	29	82	0.4	47.4	—	—
1992	0.433	54.0	—	41	6.26	84	33	83	0.4	47.2	—	—
1993	0.426	53.9	—	42	6.16	84	34	84	0.4	47.0	—	—
1994	0.423	53.5	—	43	6.04	84	35	86	0.4	46.8	—	—
1995	0.421	53.4	—	43	5.92	85	36	86	0.4	46.6	—	—
1996	0.420	53.2	—	44	5.80	85	37	87	0.4	46.5	—	—
1997	0.420	53.1	0	45	5.71	85	38	86	0.4	46.3	—	—
1998	0.420	53.0	0	45	5.66	85	41	86	0.4	46.1	—	—
1999	0.421	53.2	0	46	5.60	86	41	85	0.4	45.9	—	—
2000	0.426	53.3	0	46	5.51	85	41	83	0.4	45.7	—	—
2001	0.445	53.6	0	47	5.44	85	46	81	0.4	45.5	—	—
2002	0.445	53.9	0	47	5.44	85	44	79	0.4	45.4	—	—
2003	0.452	54.3	1	48	5.43	85	45	77	0.3	45.3	—	—
2004	0.458	54.6	1	48	5.44	86	47	75	0.3	45.1	—	—
2005	0.459	54.9	1	49	5.42	86	47	74	0.3	45.0	—	—
2006	0.460	55.3	2	49	5.37	86	49	72	0.3	44.8	1191	2704
2007	0.472	55.7	3	50	5.34	81	48	70	0.4	44.7	1326	2818
2008	0.487	56.1	3	50	5.29	81	51	68	0.4	44.5	1492	2870
2009	0.502	56.5	4	50	5.24	79	52	66	0.4	44.4	1461	2879
2010	0.515	57.0	4	51	5.15	79	53	64	0.4	44.2	1399	2914
2011	0.524	57.5	5	51	5.05	79	54	62	0.4	44.1	1514	2989
2012	0.535	58.2	8	52	4.98	79	55	60	0.4	44.0	1449	3060
2013	0.544	58.7	10	52	4.91	78	56	57	0.4	43.9	1576	3239
2014	0.553	59.1	16	52	4.84	77	57	55	0.4	43.7	1649	3422
2015	0.562	59.7	18	53	4.84	78	59	53	0.4	43.6	1415	3498
2016	0.566	60.3	21	53	4.84	79	60	51	0.4	43.5	1442	3627
2017	0.574	60.8	23	53	4.80	79	61	50	0.4	43.4	1496	3767
2018	0.581	61.2	30	54	4.74	79	62	48	0.4	43.3	1611	4011
2019	0.586	61.7	37	54	4.65	79	63	47	0.4	43.1	1555	4241
2020	0.585	61.7	38	54	4.56	79	64	46	0.4	43.0	1556	4365
2021	0.581	61.1	39	55	4.47	79	65	44	0.4	42.9	1672	4794
2022	0.587	62.4	40	55	4.40	—	71	43	0.4	42.8	1605	5188
2023	—	63.7	42	55	4.32	—	72	41	0.4	42.7	1720	5415
2024	—	64.0	46	55	4.26	—	72	40	0.3	—	1830	5597
2025	—	—	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	5788
Profile shows	0.587	64.0	46	56	4.26	79	—	—	0.3	42.7	1972	5788

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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