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

Cameroon
272.06 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
170.79 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
Cameroon rank
27th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
25th

Mortality rate, adult, male over time

  • Cameroon
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
200400600800196019922024

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 272.06 per 1,000 male adults against 170.79 per 1,000 male adults in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 101.27 per 1,000 male adults.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

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

Cameroon ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th 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 468.46 per 1,000 male adults 316.85 per 1,000 male adults 151.61 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
1970s 367.2 per 1,000 male adults 286.1 per 1,000 male adults 81.1 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
1980s 364.14 per 1,000 male adults 258.95 per 1,000 male adults 105.18 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
1990s 370.01 per 1,000 male adults 231.8 per 1,000 male adults 138.21 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
2000s 357.02 per 1,000 male adults 205.38 per 1,000 male adults 151.64 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
2010s 326.56 per 1,000 male adults 185.82 per 1,000 male adults 140.74 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon
2020s 296.81 per 1,000 male adults 195.05 per 1,000 male adults 101.76 per 1,000 male adults Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, male, Cameroon or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Cameroon, at 272.06 per 1,000 male adults against 170.79 per 1,000 male adults in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, male between Cameroon and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
101.27 per 1,000 male 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, male?
Cameroon ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Unit
per 1,000 male 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, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.