Cameroon vs Mozambique

Cameroon vs Mozambique: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Cameroon and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.09 times that in Mozambique.

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

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Cameroon vs Mozambique: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 6.5 per 100 live births in Cameroon and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.09 times that in Mozambique.
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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Cameroon6.5 20249.216 of 200
Mozambique5.9 2024822 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2024, Cameroon ranked 16 and Mozambique ranked 22 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

YearCameroonMozambiqueWorld
20246.55.93.7
20236.76.23.8
20226.96.44
20217.26.64
20207.46.83.9
20197.76.94
20187.974
20178.27.24.1
20168.57.34.2
20158.97.64.3
20149.284.4
20139.78.34.5
201210.18.74.7
201110.59.15
2010119.65.1
200911.49.85.3
200811.710.45.5
200712.111.15.7
200612.411.96
200512.812.66.2
200413.113.36.6
200313.4146.8
200213.814.87.1
200114.115.67.4
200014.416.57.7
199914.617.47.9
199814.818.48.3
199714.819.48.4
199614.820.38.6
199514.721.18.8
199414.521.78.9
199314.322.39.1
199214.122.89.2
199113.923.29.3
199013.723.59.4
198913.723.89.5
198813.824.110
198714.124.49.9
198614.524.810.3
19851525.110.6
198415.625.510.9
198316.325.811.1
198216.92611.2
198117.530.911.6
19801826.211.9
197918.426.311.9
197818.826.412.3
19771926.512.6
197619.126.612.8
197519.226.713.1
197419.426.913.3
197319.72713.5
197220.127.213.7
197120.727.313.9
197021.427.314.2
196922.327.414.6
196823.227.415
196724.127.415.3
196624.927.315.1
196525.527.215.1
196426.127.115.7
196326.62716.2
196227.12817
196127.7–18.8
196028.3–20.2
195929.1–19.9
195830–19.7
195731.1–20.5
195632.2–21.3
195533.4–22.3
195434.6–22.8
195335.9–23.3
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

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time