Cameroon vs Eritrea: Mortality rates at age 25
Cameroon
0.3234 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Eritrea
0.3224 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cameroon rank
36th
Eritrea rank
37th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Cameroon
- Eritrea
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.3234 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3224 deaths per 1,000 people in Eritrea, a difference of 0.001 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 36th and Eritrea ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Eritrea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0996 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1989 deaths per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 0.6175 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.608 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.5662 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6265 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.5631 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6115 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.5206 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5478 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0272 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.4268 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3957 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0311 deaths per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.3416 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3341 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0075 deaths per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Cameroon or Eritrea?
- Cameroon, at 0.3234 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3224 deaths per 1,000 people in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Cameroon and Eritrea?
- 0.001 deaths per 1,000 people, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eritrea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Cameroon ranks 36th and Eritrea ranks 37th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.