Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
0.2739 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Equatorial Guinea rank
17th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 200 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 | 0.9843 under-five deaths per woman | 1.11 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1254 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.8666 under-five deaths per woman | 1.01 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1426 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.6973 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7514 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0541 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.4475 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4562 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0087 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.3033 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3052 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman, 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 children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).