Cameroon vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Cameroon
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
57.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Madagascar rank
19th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Cameroon
- Madagascar
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 57.1 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Madagascar ranks 19th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 182.38 per 1,000 live births | 154.88 per 1,000 live births | 27.5 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 146.6 per 1,000 live births | 198.72 per 1,000 live births | 52.12 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 135.53 per 1,000 live births | 125.18 per 1,000 live births | 10.35 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 120.66 per 1,000 live births | 80.71 per 1,000 live births | 39.95 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 84.57 per 1,000 live births | 60.78 per 1,000 live births | 23.79 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 63.9 per 1,000 live births | 58.7 per 1,000 live births | 5.2 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 Madagascar?
- Cameroon, at 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 57.1 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 2.4 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Madagascar ranks 19th 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.