Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Cameroon
6.48 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire
6.45 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
18th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 6.48 deaths per 100 live births against 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Cote d'Ivoire in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Cote d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 31.15 deaths per 100 live births | 34.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.31 deaths per 100 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1960s | 25.58 deaths per 100 live births | 28.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 19.57 deaths per 100 live births | 20.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 15.55 deaths per 100 live births | 15.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.252 deaths per 100 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 14.43 deaths per 100 live births | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.682 deaths per 100 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 12.91 deaths per 100 live births | 12.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 9.15 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | 0.373 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 6.95 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.08 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Cameroon or Cote d'Ivoire?
- Cameroon, at 6.48 deaths per 100 live births against 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.