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
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
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.