Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5
Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
68 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 68 per 1,000 live births against 64.8 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 3.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 196 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 149.97 per 1,000 live births | 186.7 per 1,000 live births | 36.72 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 144.35 per 1,000 live births | 169.37 per 1,000 live births | 25.02 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 129.12 per 1,000 live births | 134.29 per 1,000 live births | 5.17 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 91.54 per 1,000 live births | 94.2 per 1,000 live births | 2.66 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 69.5 per 1,000 live births | 72.84 per 1,000 live births | 3.34 per 1,000 live births | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 68 per 1,000 live births against 64.8 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 3.2 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 196 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.