Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Neonatal mortality rate
Burkina Faso
2.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cameroon
2.48 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
25th
Cameroon rank
24th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2.48 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.1 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 25th and Cameroon ranks 24th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Cameroon in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.05 deaths per 100 live births | 6.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9559 deaths per 100 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 6.75 deaths per 100 live births | 5.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 5.3 deaths per 100 live births | 4.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6901 deaths per 100 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 4.3 deaths per 100 live births | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4057 deaths per 100 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 3.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2516 deaths per 100 live births | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1225 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1098 deaths per 100 live births | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Burkina Faso or Cameroon?
- Cameroon, at 2.48 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Burkina Faso and Cameroon?
- 0.1 deaths per 100 live births, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cameroon?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Cameroon rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Burkina Faso ranks 25th and Cameroon ranks 24th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .