Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Cameroon

Adult mortality rate, male in Cameroon in 2024 — 272.1 per 1,000. Ranked 165 in the world out of 191. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.6%.

2024 272.1 per 1,000 −1.06% vs 2023
World rank 165of 191
Period maximum 747.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 272.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Cameroon, 1960–202420040060080019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 747.8 per 1,0001962: 412.9 per 1,0001964: 409.5 per 1,0001966: 399.2 per 1,0001968: 384.5 per 1,0001970: 368.8 per 1,0001972: 361.9 per 1,0001974: 364.8 per 1,0001976: 368.2 per 1,0001978: 371.6 per 1,0001980: 373.5 per 1,0001982: 370.1 per 1,0001984: 366.5 per 1,0001986: 361.5 per 1,0001988: 356.4 per 1,0001990: 360.5 per 1,0001992: 365.1 per 1,0001994: 371.3 per 1,0001996: 373.5 per 1,0001998: 376.4 per 1,0002000: 367.5 per 1,0002002: 361.4 per 1,0002004: 357.9 per 1,0002006: 353.8 per 1,0002008: 349.1 per 1,0002010: 347 per 1,0002012: 336.8 per 1,0002014: 333 per 1,0002016: 319.1 per 1,0002018: 311.6 per 1,0002020: 307.5 per 1,0002022: 300.5 per 1,0002024: 272.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −475.7 (−63.62%) Average annual rate: -1.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 272.1 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 295.7 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 290.7 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 202.3 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 272.1 −2.9 −1.06%
2023 275 −25.6 −8.51%
2022 300.5 −28.5 −8.66%
2021 329 +21.6 +7.01%
2020 307.5 +3.8 +1.25%
2019 303.7 −7.9 −2.53%
2018 311.6 −1.6 −0.5%
2017 313.1 −6 −1.88%
2016 319.1 −7.8 −2.38%
2015 326.9 −6.1 −1.82%
2014 333 +0.9 +0.27%
2013 332.1 −4.7 −1.41%
2012 336.8 −5.5 −1.62%
2011 342.3 −4.6 −1.33%
2010 347 −3.1 −0.87%
2009 350 +0.9 +0.26%
2008 349.1 −2.3 −0.65%
2007 351.4 −2.4 −0.67%
2006 353.8 −1.8 −0.51%
2005 355.6 −2.3 −0.65%
2004 357.9 −1.9 −0.54%
2003 359.8 −1.6 −0.44%
2002 361.4 −2.3 −0.63%
2001 363.7 −3.8 −1.03%
2000 367.5 −4.8 −1.29%
1999 372.3 −4.1 −1.09%
1998 376.4 −1 −0.27%
1997 377.5 +4 +1.07%
1996 373.5 +0.1 +0.03%
1995 373.4 +2 +0.55%
1994 371.3 +4.6 +1.25%
1993 366.7 +1.6 +0.45%
1992 365.1 +1.7 +0.48%
1991 363.3 +2.8 +0.78%
1990 360.5 +1.8 +0.5%
1989 358.7 +2.3 +0.65%
1988 356.4 +0.3 +0.07%
1987 356.2 −5.3 −1.47%
1986 361.5 +2 +0.55%
1985 359.5 −7 −1.9%
1984 366.5 +1.8 +0.5%
1983 364.7 −5.4 −1.45%
1982 370.1 −4.2 −1.12%
1981 374.2 +0.8 +0.21%
1980 373.5 −0.4 −0.1%
1979 373.8 +2.3 +0.61%
1978 371.6 +1 +0.27%
1977 370.6 +2.3 +0.63%
1976 368.2 +2.5 +0.69%
1975 365.7 +0.9 +0.25%
1974 364.8 +2.1 +0.59%
1973 362.7 +0.8 +0.21%
1972 361.9 −2 −0.54%
1971 363.9 −4.9 −1.34%
1970 368.8 −6.5 −1.73%
1969 375.3 −9.2 −2.4%
1968 384.5 −7.8 −1.99%
1967 392.4 −6.9 −1.72%
1966 399.2 −5.8 −1.44%
1965 405.1 −4.4 −1.08%
1964 409.5 −2.1 −0.51%
1963 411.6 −1.3 −0.3%
1962 412.9 −333.4 −44.68%
1961 746.3 −1.5 −0.2%
1960 747.8

About the indicator

The probability of death between the ages of 15 and 60 for men, expressed as the number of deaths per thousand fifteen-year-olds. The indicator picks out what happens in working ages more precisely than life expectancy does: life expectancy depends heavily on child mortality, and this series does not account for it at all. It is this series that shows the excess male mortality in the countries of Eastern Europe, where the values run three times the Western European ones.

Important: Not an annual rate but a probability over 45 years of life, computed from current age-specific rates. Child and old-age mortality are not part of it.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.