Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Mortality rate, under-5

Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire
64.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Côte d'Ivoire rank
18th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Cameroon
  • Côte d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 64.5 per 1,000 live births in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Côte d'Ivoire in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 255.84 per 1,000 live births 285.28 per 1,000 live births 29.44 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 195.72 per 1,000 live births 209.43 per 1,000 live births 13.71 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 155.47 per 1,000 live births 157.99 per 1,000 live births 2.52 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
1990s 144.35 per 1,000 live births 151.17 per 1,000 live births 6.82 per 1,000 live births Côte d'Ivoire
2000s 129.12 per 1,000 live births 123.12 per 1,000 live births 6 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2010s 91.54 per 1,000 live births 87.81 per 1,000 live births 3.73 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2020s 69.5 per 1,000 live births 68.7 per 1,000 live births 0.8 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, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?
Cameroon, at 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 64.5 per 1,000 live births in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Cameroon ranks 16th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.