Cameroon vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
40.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Low & middle income rank
14th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Cameroon
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 40.8 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 24 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 144.35 per 1,000 live births | 97.48 per 1,000 live births | 46.87 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 129.12 per 1,000 live births | 70.89 per 1,000 live births | 58.23 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 91.54 per 1,000 live births | 48.45 per 1,000 live births | 43.09 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 69.5 per 1,000 live births | 42.63 per 1,000 live births | 26.87 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 Low & middle income?
- Cameroon, at 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 40.8 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Low & middle income?
- 24 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Low & middle income 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.