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Cameroon vs Mozambique
How Cameroon and Mozambique compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cameroon was higher: 63.7 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Cameroon was higher: $1,489 against $586
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 28.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 1.06% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Cameroon was higher: 0.35 tonnes against 0.29 tonnes
Life expectancy →CameroonMozambiqueUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld
Change since 2010, years · UN
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| Measure | Cameroon | Mozambique | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 63.7 | 63.6 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 6.5 | 5.9 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 47.4 | 49.7 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.75 | 3.9 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 14 | 17.2 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 28.4 million | 33.6 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.64 | 2.94 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.32 | 4.76 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 55.7 | 37.2 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.8 | 16.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.2 | -1.1 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $1,489 | $586 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 3.5 | -0.2 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 3.5 | 4.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 40.5 | 90.82023 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 5.3 | 4.5 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 72.62018 | 61.7 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 88.72017 | 92.5 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.26 | 0.28 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.51 | 0.48 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 660 | 704 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.06 | 1.87 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $580M | $446M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $21 | $13 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 6.5 | 6 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 34,000 | 11,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.16 | 0.13 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.34 | 0.08 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 2 million2023 | 14 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 25.2 | 24.4 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 31.6 | 18.3 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 238.7 | 186.3 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.35 | 0.29 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 46.3 | 20.5 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 72 | 36.9 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 40.7 | 41.3 | |
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- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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