Cameroon vs Eswatini: Infant mortality rate by sex
Cameroon
3.58 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eswatini
3.75 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Eswatini rank
24th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Cameroon
- Eswatini
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 3.75 deaths per 100 live births against 3.58 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Eswatini ranks 24th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 7 and Eswatini in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Eswatini | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.98 deaths per 100 live births | 12.85 deaths per 100 live births | 6.14 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 14.65 deaths per 100 live births | 12.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.64 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 10.79 deaths per 100 live births | 9.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 8.39 deaths per 100 live births | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 5.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 6.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4728 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 4.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0965 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2252 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Cameroon or Eswatini?
- Eswatini, at 3.75 deaths per 100 live births against 3.58 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Cameroon and Eswatini?
- 0.17 deaths per 100 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eswatini?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Eswatini rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Eswatini ranks 24th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .