Cameroon vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mortality rate, adult, female

Cameroon
192.84 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
90.06 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Cameroon rank
28th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Cameroon
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 192.84 per 1,000 female adults against 90.06 per 1,000 female adults in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 102.78 per 1,000 female adults.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 2.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 218 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 370.19 per 1,000 female adults 242.78 per 1,000 female adults 127.41 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
1970s 323.49 per 1,000 female adults 207.08 per 1,000 female adults 116.42 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
1980s 311.16 per 1,000 female adults 169.87 per 1,000 female adults 141.29 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
1990s 317.1 per 1,000 female adults 136.53 per 1,000 female adults 180.57 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
2000s 324.99 per 1,000 female adults 112.08 per 1,000 female adults 212.91 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
2010s 262.1 per 1,000 female adults 98.22 per 1,000 female adults 163.87 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon
2020s 217.2 per 1,000 female adults 105.77 per 1,000 female adults 111.43 per 1,000 female adults Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Cameroon or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Cameroon, at 192.84 per 1,000 female adults against 90.06 per 1,000 female adults in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Cameroon and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
102.78 per 1,000 female adults, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Cameroon ranks 28th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Unit
per 1,000 female adults
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,145 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.