nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Cameroon
Cameroon: nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n was 0.0496 in 2021. ▼ Falling
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Cameroon, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.0496 for nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Cameroon peaked at 0.0922 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0496, in 2021.
Cameroon ranks 20th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0831 | 0.0744 | 0.0922 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0617 | 0.053 | 0.0717 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0504 | 0.0496 | 0.0513 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 17 Burkina Faso 0.0529 compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.0524 compare
- 19 Mozambique 0.0517 compare
- 21 Angola 0.0489 compare
- 22 Afghanistan 0.0475 compare
- 23 Haiti 0.0468 compare
More health data for Cameroon
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 786.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 12,841 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 4 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 4 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 244,584 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 245,558 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 251,698 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 252,310 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 260,306 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 260,630 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Cameroon?
- Nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n in Cameroon was 0.0496 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0922 in 2000.
- What is the lowest nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0496 in 2021.
- How does Cameroon rank for nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is nmx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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