Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality
Cameroon
6.48 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
6.8 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Child mortality over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 6.8 deaths per 100 live births against 6.48 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.32 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 15 and Equatorial Guinea in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1810s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1820s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1830s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1840s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1850s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1860s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1870s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1880s | 46.02 deaths per 100 live births | 44.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1890s | 46.01 deaths per 100 live births | 44.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1900s | 45.66 deaths per 100 live births | 44.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 44.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 43.64 deaths per 100 live births | 42.35 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1930s | 41.92 deaths per 100 live births | 41.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6208 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 38.72 deaths per 100 live births | 39.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5775 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1950s | 33.12 deaths per 100 live births | 32.95 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1725 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 25.58 deaths per 100 live births | 26.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 19.57 deaths per 100 live births | 22.77 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 15.55 deaths per 100 live births | 19.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.6 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 14.43 deaths per 100 live births | 16.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 12.91 deaths per 100 live births | 13.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5159 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 9.15 deaths per 100 live births | 9.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2673 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 6.95 deaths per 100 live births | 7.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3335 deaths per 100 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 6.8 deaths per 100 live births against 6.48 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.32 deaths per 100 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for child mortality?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.