Cameroon vs Lower middle income: Mortality rate, under-5

Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lower middle income
43.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Lower middle income rank
13th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Cameroon
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income, a difference of 21 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 13th of 196 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 144.35 per 1,000 live births 115.18 per 1,000 live births 29.17 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2000s 129.12 per 1,000 live births 82.48 per 1,000 live births 46.64 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2010s 91.54 per 1,000 live births 56.83 per 1,000 live births 34.71 per 1,000 live births Cameroon
2020s 69.5 per 1,000 live births 45.96 per 1,000 live births 23.54 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 Lower middle income?
Cameroon, at 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 43.8 per 1,000 live births in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Lower middle income?
21 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lower middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Lower middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Cameroon ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 13th 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.