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

8.2 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, neonatal (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, neonatal

Cameroon

24.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia

16.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

24th

South Asia rank

23rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Cameroon
South Asia

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 24.8 per 1,000 live births against 16.6 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 8.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.5 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 24th and South Asia ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and South Asia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	38.94 per 1,000 live births	51.11 per 1,000 live births	12.17 per 1,000 live births	South Asia
2000s	33.36 per 1,000 live births	37.43 per 1,000 live births	4.07 per 1,000 live births	South Asia
2010s	29.59 per 1,000 live births	26.05 per 1,000 live births	3.54 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2020s	25.76 per 1,000 live births	18.28 per 1,000 live births	7.48 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 South Asia?: Cameroon, at 24.8 per 1,000 live births against 16.6 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cameroon and South Asia?: 8.2 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, neonatal?: Cameroon ranks 24th and South Asia 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, 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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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: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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