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
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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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.