Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Child mortality rate
Cameroon
6.48 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
6.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Guinea-Bissau rank
15th
Child mortality rate over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 6.73 deaths per 100 live births against 6.48 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.25 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32.31 deaths per 100 live births | 28.69 deaths per 100 live births | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 25.58 deaths per 100 live births | 28.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 19.57 deaths per 100 live births | 26.83 deaths per 100 live births | 7.26 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 15.55 deaths per 100 live births | 24.36 deaths per 100 live births | 8.81 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 14.43 deaths per 100 live births | 20.22 deaths per 100 live births | 5.79 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 12.91 deaths per 100 live births | 14.81 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 9.15 deaths per 100 live births | 9.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.32 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 6.95 deaths per 100 live births | 7.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.25 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 6.73 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.25 deaths per 100 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.