Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Infant mortality rate

Cameroon
40.25 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
42.07 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
27th
Guinea-Bissau rank
26th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Cameroon
  • Guinea-Bissau
0255075100200020122024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 42.07 per 1,000 live births against 40.25 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 1.82 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 27th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 26th of 212 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
2000s 74.5 per 1,000 live births 86.45 per 1,000 live births 11.95 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2010s 54.71 per 1,000 live births 56.98 per 1,000 live births 2.27 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau
2020s 42.79 per 1,000 live births 44.65 per 1,000 live births 1.85 per 1,000 live births Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at 42.07 per 1,000 live births against 40.25 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
1.82 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for infant mortality rate?
Cameroon ranks 27th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 26th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Infant mortality rate. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-rate-deaths-per-1-000-live-births/cameroon/guinea-bissau/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-rate-deaths-per-1-000-live-births/cameroon/guinea-bissau/">Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Infant mortality rate</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
233 places, 5,825 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed