Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Cameroon

Infant mortality rate in Cameroon in 2024 — 40.2 per 1,000. Ranked 171 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77.3%.

2024 40.2 per 1,000 −2.66% vs 2023
World rank 171of 196
Period maximum 177.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 40.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Cameroon, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 177.3 per 1,0001962: 167.6 per 1,0001964: 159.7 per 1,0001966: 150.4 per 1,0001968: 139.3 per 1,0001970: 128.2 per 1,0001972: 120.1 per 1,0001974: 116 per 1,0001976: 114.3 per 1,0001978: 112.3 per 1,0001980: 107.8 per 1,0001982: 101.2 per 1,0001984: 93.4 per 1,0001986: 86.6 per 1,0001988: 82.3 per 1,0001990: 81.5 per 1,0001992: 83.3 per 1,0001994: 85.5 per 1,0001996: 86.6 per 1,0001998: 85.8 per 1,0002000: 83.1 per 1,0002002: 79.1 per 1,0002004: 75.2 per 1,0002006: 71.6 per 1,0002008: 68 per 1,0002010: 63.9 per 1,0002012: 59.6 per 1,0002014: 55.3 per 1,0002016: 51.4 per 1,0002018: 48 per 1,0002020: 45.5 per 1,0002022: 42.7 per 1,0002024: 40.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −137.1 (−77.33%) Average annual rate: -2.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 40.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 48.5 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 40.2 −1.1 −2.66%
2023 41.3 −1.4 −3.28%
2022 42.7 −1.4 −3.17%
2021 44.1 −1.4 −3.08%
2020 45.5 −1.4 −2.99%
2019 46.9 −1.1 −2.29%
2018 48 −1.6 −3.23%
2017 49.6 −1.8 −3.5%
2016 51.4 −1.9 −3.56%
2015 53.3 −2 −3.62%
2014 55.3 −2 −3.49%
2013 57.3 −2.3 −3.86%
2012 59.6 −2.2 −3.56%
2011 61.8 −2.1 −3.29%
2010 63.9 −2.4 −3.62%
2009 66.3 −1.7 −2.5%
2008 68 −1.9 −2.72%
2007 69.9 −1.7 −2.37%
2006 71.6 −1.9 −2.59%
2005 73.5 −1.7 −2.26%
2004 75.2 −2 −2.59%
2003 77.2 −1.9 −2.4%
2002 79.1 −2.1 −2.59%
2001 81.2 −1.9 −2.29%
2000 83.1 −1.6 −1.89%
1999 84.7 −1.1 −1.28%
1998 85.8 −0.6 −0.69%
1997 86.4 −0.2 −0.23%
1996 86.6 +0.4 +0.46%
1995 86.2 +0.7 +0.82%
1994 85.5 +1.1 +1.3%
1993 84.4 +1.1 +1.32%
1992 83.3 +1.1 +1.34%
1991 82.2 +0.7 +0.86%
1990 81.5 +0 +0%
1989 81.5 −0.8 −0.97%
1988 82.3 −1.7 −2.02%
1987 84 −2.6 −3%
1986 86.6 −3.2 −3.56%
1985 89.8 −3.6 −3.85%
1984 93.4 −3.9 −4.01%
1983 97.3 −3.9 −3.85%
1982 101.2 −3.6 −3.44%
1981 104.8 −3 −2.78%
1980 107.8 −2.6 −2.36%
1979 110.4 −1.9 −1.69%
1978 112.3 −1.2 −1.06%
1977 113.5 −0.8 −0.7%
1976 114.3 −0.7 −0.61%
1975 115 −1 −0.86%
1974 116 −1.6 −1.36%
1973 117.6 −2.5 −2.08%
1972 120.1 −3.5 −2.83%
1971 123.6 −4.6 −3.59%
1970 128.2 −5.4 −4.04%
1969 133.6 −5.7 −4.09%
1968 139.3 −5.8 −4%
1967 145.1 −5.3 −3.52%
1966 150.4 −4.9 −3.16%
1965 155.3 −4.4 −2.76%
1964 159.7 −4 −2.44%
1963 163.7 −3.9 −2.33%
1962 167.6 −4.5 −2.61%
1961 172.1 −5.2 −2.93%
1960 177.3

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.