Cameroon vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, under-5
Cameroon
64.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar
62.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cameroon rank
16th
Madagascar rank
19th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Cameroon
- Madagascar
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 62.4 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 16th and Madagascar ranks 19th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227.3 per 1,000 live births | 146.55 per 1,000 live births | 80.75 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 195.72 per 1,000 live births | 159.27 per 1,000 live births | 36.45 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 155.47 per 1,000 live births | 206.04 per 1,000 live births | 50.57 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 144.35 per 1,000 live births | 132.06 per 1,000 live births | 12.29 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 129.12 per 1,000 live births | 86.89 per 1,000 live births | 42.23 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 91.54 per 1,000 live births | 66.33 per 1,000 live births | 25.21 per 1,000 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 69.5 per 1,000 live births | 64.12 per 1,000 live births | 5.38 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 Madagascar?
- Cameroon, at 64.8 per 1,000 live births against 62.4 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 2.4 per 1,000 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Cameroon ranks 16th and Madagascar ranks 19th 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.