What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?

1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Mortality rate, infant

Cameroon

40.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau

42.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

26th

Guinea-Bissau rank

25th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Cameroon
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 42.1 per 1,000 live births against 40.2 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 1.9 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 26th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 25th of 197 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1980s	84.84 per 1,000 live births	129.08 per 1,000 live births	44.24 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	84.66 per 1,000 live births	114.09 per 1,000 live births	29.43 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	74.51 per 1,000 live births	86.46 per 1,000 live births	11.95 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	54.71 per 1,000 live births	56.97 per 1,000 live births	2.26 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	42.76 per 1,000 live births	44.66 per 1,000 live births	1.9 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 42.1 per 1,000 live births against 40.2 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Cameroon ranks 26th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 25th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.