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Analgesics in Cameroon

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  • 25 Pages
  • September 2025
  • Region: Cameroon
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1268791
Retail value sales of analgesics grew in Cameroon in 2025, driven by sustained demand across a diverse demographic. Paracetamol remains the most commonly used pain relief medication in the country, primarily used for stress-related headaches, menstrual discomfort, and flu-like symptoms, with a status as a daily-use product.

The Analgesics in Cameroon report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Systemic Analgesics, Topical Analgesics/Anaesthetic.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Analgesics market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Adult acetaminophen drives everyday use in a saturated analgesics market
  • UPSA SAS reinforces its leadership in analgesics while launching tailored innovations
  • Pharmacies remain the sole legal channel for analgesics, increasing its share in 2025
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Retail growth is expected for analgesics, despite policy and structural challenges
  • Combination medications and new formats are set to shape innovation in analgesics
  • Import substitution policy could impact access and availability in analgesics
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 5 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 6 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
CONSUMER HEALTH IN CAMEROON
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Consumer Health in 2025: the big picture
  • Key trends in 2025
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for consumer health?
MARKET INDICATORS
  • Table 7 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Life Expectancy at Birth 2020-2025
MARKET DATA
  • Table 9 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 10 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 13 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format and Category: % Value 2025
  • Table 16 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 17 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
APPENDIX
  • OTC registration and classification
  • Vitamins and dietary supplements registration and classification
  • Self-medication/self-care and preventive medicine
  • Switches
DISCLAIMERDEFINITIONS
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources