What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cameroon and Palestine?

1.27 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Palestine?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Palestine: Youth mortality rate

Cameroon

8.2 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Palestine

9.47 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

14th

Palestine rank

11th

Youth mortality rate over time

Cameroon
Palestine

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 9.47 deaths per 100 live births against 8.2 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 1.27 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Palestine's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 14th and Palestine ranks 11th of 199 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1990s	17.09 deaths per 100 live births	4.22 deaths per 100 live births	12.87 deaths per 100 live births	Cameroon
2000s	15.36 deaths per 100 live births	3.07 deaths per 100 live births	12.29 deaths per 100 live births	Cameroon
2010s	11.28 deaths per 100 live births	2.28 deaths per 100 live births	8.99 deaths per 100 live births	Cameroon
2020s	8.76 deaths per 100 live births	5.07 deaths per 100 live births	3.69 deaths per 100 live births	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Cameroon or Palestine?: Palestine, at 9.47 deaths per 100 live births against 8.2 deaths per 100 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cameroon and Palestine?: 1.27 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Palestine?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Palestine rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Cameroon ranks 14th and Palestine ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.