Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon
Cameroon: Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days was 55.4% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon is 55.4%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon peaked at 57.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 55.4%, in 2020.
That places Cameroon 22nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55.6% | — |
| 2001 | 56.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 56.4% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 56.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 56.5% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 56.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 56.9% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 57.0% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 57.2% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 57.4% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 57.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 57.3% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 57.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 57.5% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 56.4% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 56.2% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 55.8% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 55.8% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 55.7% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 55.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 55.4% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.6% | 55.6% | 57.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.5% | 55.6% | 57.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 55.4% | 55.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More social development data for Cameroon
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 408,613 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 140,366 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0047 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 140,366 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0137 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon?
- Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days in Cameroon was 55.4% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 57.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.4% in 2020.
- How does Cameroon rank for alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days?
- Cameroon ranks 22nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).