Cameroon vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Cameroon
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mali
68.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Mali rank
13th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Cameroon
  • Mali
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 68.7 per 1,000 live births against 59.5 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 9.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Mali ranks 13th of 197 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 226.15 per 1,000 live births 391.85 per 1,000 live births 165.7 per 1,000 live births Mali
1970s 186.19 per 1,000 live births 342.66 per 1,000 live births 156.47 per 1,000 live births Mali
1980s 146.6 per 1,000 live births 261.21 per 1,000 live births 114.61 per 1,000 live births Mali
1990s 135.53 per 1,000 live births 206.33 per 1,000 live births 70.8 per 1,000 live births Mali
2000s 120.66 per 1,000 live births 156.81 per 1,000 live births 36.15 per 1,000 live births Mali
2010s 84.57 per 1,000 live births 106.88 per 1,000 live births 22.31 per 1,000 live births Mali
2020s 63.9 per 1,000 live births 75.64 per 1,000 live births 11.74 per 1,000 live births Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Cameroon or Mali?
Mali, at 68.7 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 Mali?
9.2 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mali?
59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Cameroon ranks 16th and Mali ranks 13th 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.