Cameroon

Child mortality in Cameroon

Child mortality in Cameroon: 35.9 per 100 live births in 1953 and 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
6.5 per 100 live births
Since 1953
−29.4 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
16 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in CameroonChild mortality in Cameroon: 35.9 per 100 live births in 1953 and 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Cameroon ranked 16 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearCameroonWorld
20246.53.7
20236.73.8
20226.94
20217.24
20207.43.9
20197.74
20187.94
20178.24.1
20168.54.2
20158.94.3
20149.24.4
20139.74.5
201210.14.7
201110.55
2010115.1
200911.45.3
200811.75.5
200712.15.7
200612.46
200512.86.2
200413.16.6
200313.46.8
200213.87.1
200114.17.4
200014.47.7
199914.67.9
199814.88.3
199714.88.4
199614.88.6
199514.78.8
199414.58.9
199314.39.1
199214.19.2
199113.99.3
199013.79.4
198913.79.5
198813.810
198714.19.9
198614.510.3
19851510.6
198415.610.9
198316.311.1
198216.911.2
198117.511.6
19801811.9
197918.411.9
197818.812.3
19771912.6
197619.112.8
197519.213.1
197419.413.3
197319.713.5
197220.113.7
197120.713.9
197021.414.2
196922.314.6
196823.215
196724.115.3
196624.915.1
196525.515.1
196426.115.7
196326.616.2
196227.117
196127.718.8
196028.320.2
195929.119.9
19583019.7
195731.120.5
195632.221.3
195533.422.3
195434.622.8
195335.923.3
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

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.

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