Cameroon vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Cameroon
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
37.91 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Low & middle income rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Cameroon
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 37.91 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 21.59 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 135.53 per 1,000 live births | 94.81 per 1,000 live births | 40.72 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 120.66 per 1,000 live births | 68.26 per 1,000 live births | 52.4 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 84.57 per 1,000 live births | 45.73 per 1,000 live births | 38.84 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 63.9 per 1,000 live births | 39.73 per 1,000 live births | 24.17 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Cameroon or Low & middle income?
- Cameroon, at 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 37.91 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Cameroon and Low & middle income?
- 21.59 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Low & middle income 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.