Cameroon vs Djibouti: Infant mortality by sex
Cameroon
4.46 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Djibouti
4.69 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Djibouti rank
23rd
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Cameroon
- Djibouti
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 4.69 deaths per 100 live births against 4.46 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.23 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Djibouti ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Djibouti in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Djibouti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.06 deaths per 100 live births | 11.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6554 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 10.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1521 deaths per 100 live births | Djibouti |
| 1990s | 9.26 deaths per 100 live births | 9.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2028 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 8.16 deaths per 100 live births | 7.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2967 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 6.03 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1743 deaths per 100 live births | Djibouti |
| 2020s | 4.73 deaths per 100 live births | 4.99 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2665 deaths per 100 live births | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Cameroon or Djibouti?
- Djibouti, at 4.69 deaths per 100 live births against 4.46 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Cameroon and Djibouti?
- 0.23 deaths per 100 live births, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Djibouti?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Djibouti rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Djibouti ranks 23rd 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 Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .