Cameroon vs Madagascar: Child mortality vs. health spending

Cameroon

6.48 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

6.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

16th

Madagascar rank

19th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Cameroon
Madagascar

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 6.48 deaths per 100 live births against 6.24 deaths per 100 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 0.2436 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Cameroon ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 16th and Madagascar ranks 19th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .