Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
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 (per 1,000 live births) 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 197 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 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.