Cameroon vs Malawi: Mortality rate, neonatal

Cameroon
24.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
23.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
24th
Malawi rank
27th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Cameroon
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 24.8 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Malawi ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and Malawi ranks 27th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 60.9 per 1,000 live births 70 per 1,000 live births 9.1 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1970s 55.04 per 1,000 live births 63.46 per 1,000 live births 8.42 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1980s 46.06 per 1,000 live births 53.81 per 1,000 live births 7.75 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1990s 38.94 per 1,000 live births 44.98 per 1,000 live births 6.04 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2000s 33.36 per 1,000 live births 31.29 per 1,000 live births 2.07 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2010s 29.59 per 1,000 live births 24.66 per 1,000 live births 4.93 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2020s 25.76 per 1,000 live births 23.8 per 1,000 live births 1.96 per 1,000 live births Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Cameroon or Malawi?
Cameroon, at 24.8 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cameroon and Malawi?
1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Malawi?
56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Cameroon ranks 24th and Malawi ranks 27th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Cameroon vs Malawi: Mortality rate, neonatal. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/cameroon/malawi/

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Indicator
Mortality rate, neonatal (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
243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.