Cameroon vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Number of neonatal deaths

Cameroon
24,029
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
415,020
in 2024
Cameroon rank
23rd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

  • Cameroon
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196019922024

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 415,020 against 24,029 in Cameroon, a difference of 390,991.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 17.3 times Cameroon's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 23rd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 21,047 582,655 561,608 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 22,992 532,940 509,948 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 25,098 499,910 474,811 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 24,402 431,605 407,203 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Cameroon or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 415,020 against 24,029 in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Cameroon and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
390,991, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?
Cameroon ranks 23rd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of neonatal deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 11,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.