Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire
64.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
18th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 64.5 per 1,000 live births in Cote 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 Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Cote d'Ivoire in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Cote 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 | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 195.72 per 1,000 live births | 209.43 per 1,000 live births | 13.71 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 155.47 per 1,000 live births | 157.99 per 1,000 live births | 2.52 per 1,000 live births | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 144.35 per 1,000 live births | 151.17 per 1,000 live births | 6.82 per 1,000 live births | Cote 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- Cameroon, at 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 64.5 per 1,000 live births in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Cote 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.