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
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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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.