Cameroon vs Malawi: Infant mortality rate by sex
Cameroon
3.58 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malawi
3.35 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Malawi rank
29th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Cameroon
- Malawi
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 3.58 deaths per 100 live births against 3.35 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.23 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 29th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.44 deaths per 100 live births | 15.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 10.79 deaths per 100 live births | 14.42 deaths per 100 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 8.39 deaths per 100 live births | 12.64 deaths per 100 live births | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 11.17 deaths per 100 live births | 3.54 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2936 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 3.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.431 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Cameroon or Malawi?
- Cameroon, at 3.58 deaths per 100 live births against 3.35 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Cameroon and Malawi?
- 0.23 deaths per 100 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Malawi rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Malawi ranks 29th 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 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 .