Nurses and midwives in Cameroon

Cameroon had 6.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2022.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2004 to 2022 Source: WHO
Cameroon, 2022 6.6 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2021 +4.6per 10,000 people 2021: 2.0 per 10,000 people
Position in 2022 126th of 140 See the full ranking

Nurses and midwives in Cameroon over time

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Per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people (per 10,000 people), 2004 to 2022
Period Cameroon
2022 6.6 per 10,000 people
2021 2.0 per 10,000 people
2020 4.9 per 10,000 people
2018 3.7 per 10,000 people
2011 9.5 per 10,000 people
2010 5.5 per 10,000 people
2009 4.0 per 10,000 people
2007 4.6 per 10,000 people
2005 3.9 per 10,000 people
2004 15.7 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.6 from 2.0 per 10,000 people in 2021.
  • Since 2004, when it was 15.7 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −9.1.
  • Among the 140 countries with data for 2022, Cameroon has the 126th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code
HWF_0006 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2022 for Cameroon
Provider update
23 January 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory