Cameroon vs Sudan: Mortality rate, infant
Cameroon
40.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sudan
42.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Sudan rank
23rd
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Cameroon
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 42.9 per 1,000 live births against 40.2 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 2.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Sudan ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Sudan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156.41 per 1,000 live births | 91.66 per 1,000 live births | 64.75 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 117.1 per 1,000 live births | 90.87 per 1,000 live births | 26.23 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 92.87 per 1,000 live births | 104.27 per 1,000 live births | 11.4 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 1990s | 84.66 per 1,000 live births | 81.36 per 1,000 live births | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 74.51 per 1,000 live births | 63.5 per 1,000 live births | 11.01 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 54.71 per 1,000 live births | 48.93 per 1,000 live births | 5.78 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 42.76 per 1,000 live births | 41.98 per 1,000 live births | 0.78 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 Sudan?
- Sudan, at 42.9 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 Sudan?
- 2.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sudan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Sudan ranks 23rd 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.