Cameroon vs Middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Cameroon
69.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income
36.34 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Middle income rank
20th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Cameroon
- Middle income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 69.9 per 1,000 live births against 36.34 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 33.56 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.9 times Middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Middle income ranks 20th of 197 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 152.7 per 1,000 live births | 88.72 per 1,000 live births | 63.98 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 137.2 per 1,000 live births | 63.96 per 1,000 live births | 73.24 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 98.09 per 1,000 live births | 43.45 per 1,000 live births | 54.64 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 74.8 per 1,000 live births | 37.63 per 1,000 live births | 37.17 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, male, Cameroon or Middle income?
- Cameroon, at 69.9 per 1,000 live births against 36.34 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Cameroon and Middle income?
- 33.56 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Middle income ranks 20th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.