Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Cameroon

Under-five mortality rate in Cameroon in 2024 — 64.8 per 1,000. Ranked 181 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77.1%.

2024 64.8 per 1,000 −3.28% vs 2023
World rank 181of 196
Period maximum 283.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 64.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Cameroon, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 283.4 per 1,0001962: 271.3 per 1,0001964: 261.4 per 1,0001966: 248.5 per 1,0001968: 231.8 per 1,0001970: 214.2 per 1,0001972: 201 per 1,0001974: 194 per 1,0001976: 190.9 per 1,0001978: 187.5 per 1,0001980: 180 per 1,0001982: 169 per 1,0001984: 156.2 per 1,0001986: 145.1 per 1,0001988: 138.4 per 1,0001990: 137.4 per 1,0001992: 140.9 per 1,0001994: 145.4 per 1,0001996: 148.2 per 1,0001998: 147.8 per 1,0002000: 143.9 per 1,0002002: 137.6 per 1,0002004: 130.9 per 1,0002006: 124.2 per 1,0002008: 117.2 per 1,0002010: 109.5 per 1,0002012: 100.8 per 1,0002014: 92.4 per 1,0002016: 85.1 per 1,0002018: 78.9 per 1,0002020: 74.4 per 1,0002022: 69.4 per 1,0002024: 64.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −218.6 (−77.13%) Average annual rate: -2.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 64.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 77.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 64.8 −2.2 −3.28%
2023 67 −2.4 −3.46%
2022 69.4 −2.5 −3.48%
2021 71.9 −2.5 −3.36%
2020 74.4 −2.2 −2.87%
2019 76.6 −2.3 −2.92%
2018 78.9 −3 −3.66%
2017 81.9 −3.2 −3.76%
2016 85.1 −3.4 −3.84%
2015 88.5 −3.9 −4.22%
2014 92.4 −4.1 −4.25%
2013 96.5 −4.3 −4.27%
2012 100.8 −4.4 −4.18%
2011 105.2 −4.3 −3.93%
2010 109.5 −4.2 −3.69%
2009 113.7 −3.5 −2.99%
2008 117.2 −3.6 −2.98%
2007 120.8 −3.4 −2.74%
2006 124.2 −3.4 −2.66%
2005 127.6 −3.3 −2.52%
2004 130.9 −3.4 −2.53%
2003 134.3 −3.3 −2.4%
2002 137.6 −3.4 −2.41%
2001 141 −2.9 −2.02%
2000 143.9 −2.5 −1.71%
1999 146.4 −1.4 −0.95%
1998 147.8 −0.6 −0.4%
1997 148.4 +0.2 +0.13%
1996 148.2 +1.1 +0.75%
1995 147.1 +1.7 +1.17%
1994 145.4 +2.3 +1.61%
1993 143.1 +2.2 +1.56%
1992 140.9 +2.1 +1.51%
1991 138.8 +1.4 +1.02%
1990 137.4 +0.2 +0.15%
1989 137.2 −1.2 −0.87%
1988 138.4 −2.6 −1.84%
1987 141 −4.1 −2.83%
1986 145.1 −5.2 −3.46%
1985 150.3 −5.9 −3.78%
1984 156.2 −6.4 −3.94%
1983 162.6 −6.4 −3.79%
1982 169 −5.9 −3.37%
1981 174.9 −5.1 −2.83%
1980 180 −4.3 −2.33%
1979 184.3 −3.2 −1.71%
1978 187.5 −2.1 −1.11%
1977 189.6 −1.3 −0.68%
1976 190.9 −1.3 −0.68%
1975 192.2 −1.8 −0.93%
1974 194 −2.7 −1.37%
1973 196.7 −4.3 −2.14%
1972 201 −5.8 −2.8%
1971 206.8 −7.4 −3.45%
1970 214.2 −8.6 −3.86%
1969 222.8 −9 −3.88%
1968 231.8 −8.7 −3.62%
1967 240.5 −8 −3.22%
1966 248.5 −6.9 −2.7%
1965 255.4 −6 −2.3%
1964 261.4 −5 −1.88%
1963 266.4 −4.9 −1.81%
1962 271.3 −5.6 −2.02%
1961 276.9 −6.5 −2.29%
1960 283.4

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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