Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Child mortality rate

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 rate over time

  • Cameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea
10203040195319882024

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 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 199 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 15 deaths per 100 live births 18.67 deaths per 100 live births 3.67 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 rate, 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 rate 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?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for child mortality rate?
Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .