Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Child mortality

Cameroon

6.48 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

6.47 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

16th

Zimbabwe rank

17th

Child mortality over time

Cameroon
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 6.48 deaths per 100 live births against 6.47 deaths per 100 live births in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0177 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 225 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 203 countries.

Individual pages

Child mortality in Cameroon
Child mortality in Zimbabwe
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.