Cameroon vs Malawi: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Cameroon and 4.9 per 100 live births in Malawi, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 1.6 per 100 live births, or 1.33 times that in Malawi.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Malawi.
In 2024, Cameroon ranked 16 and Malawi ranked 30 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Cameroon	Malawi	World
2024	6.5	4.9	3.7
2023	6.7	5	3.8
2022	6.9	5	4
2021	7.2	5	4
2020	7.4	5	3.9
2019	7.7	5.1	4
2018	7.9	5.2	4
2017	8.2	5.4	4.1
2016	8.5	5.6	4.2
2015	8.9	5.7	4.3
2014	9.2	6	4.4
2013	9.7	6.3	4.5
2012	10.1	6.8	4.7
2011	10.5	7.4	5
2010	11	8	5.1
2009	11.4	8.5	5.3
2008	11.7	9.1	5.5
2007	12.1	9.7	5.7
2006	12.4	10.3	6
2005	12.8	11	6.2
2004	13.1	11.9	6.6
2003	13.4	13	6.8
2002	13.8	14.3	7.1
2001	14.1	23.9	7.4
2000	14.4	17.1	7.7
1999	14.6	18.2	7.9
1998	14.8	19.1	8.3
1997	14.8	19.8	8.4
1996	14.8	20.3	8.6
1995	14.7	20.8	8.8
1994	14.5	21.5	8.9
1993	14.3	22.2	9.1
1992	14.1	22.9	9.2
1991	13.9	23.7	9.3
1990	13.7	24.4	9.4
1989	13.7	24.9	9.5
1988	13.8	25.3	10
1987	14.1	25.5	9.9
1986	14.5	25.4	10.3
1985	15	25.1	10.6
1984	15.6	24.8	10.9
1983	16.3	24.6	11.1
1982	16.9	24.6	11.2
1981	17.5	25	11.6
1980	18	25.7	11.9
1979	18.4	26.5	11.9
1978	18.8	27.5	12.3
1977	19	28.5	12.6
1976	19.1	29.5	12.8
1975	19.2	30.5	13.1
1974	19.4	31.4	13.3
1973	19.7	32.2	13.5
1972	20.1	33	13.7
1971	20.7	33.7	13.9
1970	21.4	34.2	14.2
1969	22.3	34.5	14.6
1968	23.2	34.7	15
1967	24.1	34.9	15.3
1966	24.9	35.1	15.1
1965	25.5	35.2	15.1
1964	26.1	35.4	15.7
1963	26.6	35.5	16.2
1962	27.1	35.7	17
1961	27.7	35.9	18.8
1960	28.3	–	20.2
1959	29.1	–	19.9
1958	30	–	19.7
1957	31.1	–	20.5
1956	32.2	–	21.3
1955	33.4	–	22.3
1954	34.6	–	22.8
1953	35.9	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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