Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, adult, female

Cameroon
192.84 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Sierra Leone
195.23 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Cameroon rank
28th
Sierra Leone rank
26th

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 192.84 per 1,000 female adults in Cameroon, a difference of 2.39 per 1,000 female adults.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Cameroon ranks 28th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 370.19 per 1,000 female adults 407.1 per 1,000 female adults 36.91 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
1970s 323.49 per 1,000 female adults 354.17 per 1,000 female adults 30.68 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
1980s 311.16 per 1,000 female adults 342.33 per 1,000 female adults 31.17 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
1990s 317.1 per 1,000 female adults 386.85 per 1,000 female adults 69.75 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2000s 324.99 per 1,000 female adults 362.09 per 1,000 female adults 37.1 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2010s 262.1 per 1,000 female adults 289.27 per 1,000 female adults 27.18 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2020s 217.2 per 1,000 female adults 209.31 per 1,000 female adults 7.88 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 Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 192.84 per 1,000 female adults in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
2.39 per 1,000 female adults, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Cameroon ranks 28th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th 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
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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.