Number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: Number of under-five deaths, female was 27,830 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon, 1960–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon stood at 27,830.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon peaked at 39,204 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 27,270, in 1971.
Cameroon ranks 19th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,407 | 27,642 | 28,770 | 10 |
| 1970s | 28,515 | 27,270 | 30,504 | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,685 | 28,720 | 30,766 | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,918 | 30,207 | 38,549 | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,928 | 38,538 | 39,204 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,011 | 31,215 | 37,800 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,237 | 27,830 | 30,673 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 16 Mali 31,613 compare
- 17 Angola 29,955 compare
- 18 Cote d'Ivoire 27,961 compare
- 20 Madagascar 27,822 compare
- 21 Kenya 25,775 compare
- 22 Burkina Faso 24,895 compare
More education data for Cameroon
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 121,453 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 119.2% (2024)
- Labor force, female 43.9% (2025)
- Labor force, total 11.47 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Cameroon was 27,830 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 39,204 in 2005.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,270 in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.