Hospital beds in Cameroon
Cameroon had 2.7 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
The latest value for Cameroon is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Cameroon, 2016
2.7
Change from 1990
+0.1per 1,000 people
World, 2016
2.9 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in Cameroon over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Beds per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | – | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | – | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | – | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | – | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | – | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | – | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 2.6 per 1,000 people in 1990, a change of +0.1.
- Since 1960, when it was 2.0 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.6.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 2.9 per 1,000 people.
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