What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Cameroon and South Asia?

17 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and South Asia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 South Asia: Mortality rate, infant

Cameroon

40.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia

23.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

26th

South Asia rank

24th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Cameroon
South Asia

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 17 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.7 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Asia ahead.

Cameroon ranks 26th and South Asia ranks 24th of 197 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	84.66 per 1,000 live births	76.32 per 1,000 live births	8.34 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2000s	74.51 per 1,000 live births	55.66 per 1,000 live births	18.85 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2010s	54.71 per 1,000 live births	36.38 per 1,000 live births	18.33 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2020s	42.76 per 1,000 live births	25.3 per 1,000 live births	17.46 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Cameroon or South Asia?: Cameroon, at 40.2 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Cameroon and South Asia?: 17 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and South Asia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Cameroon ranks 26th and South Asia ranks 24th 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.