Cameroon vs Madagascar: Infant mortality rate by sex
Cameroon
3.58 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
3.84 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Madagascar rank
23rd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Cameroon
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 3.84 deaths per 100 live births against 3.58 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.26 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Madagascar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.55 deaths per 100 live births | 8.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 8.39 deaths per 100 live births | 11.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2.76 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 7.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.257 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9361 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 3.92 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1082 deaths per 100 live births | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Cameroon or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 3.84 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 Madagascar?
- 0.26 deaths per 100 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 23rd 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 .