Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Cameroon
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
62.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 59.5 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 2.9 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 43 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 141.29 per 1,000 live births | 177.07 per 1,000 live births | 35.79 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 135.53 per 1,000 live births | 160.13 per 1,000 live births | 24.6 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 120.66 per 1,000 live births | 126.01 per 1,000 live births | 5.35 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 84.57 per 1,000 live births | 87.45 per 1,000 live births | 2.88 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 63.9 per 1,000 live births | 67.14 per 1,000 live births | 3.24 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 59.5 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 2.9 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.