Number of under-five deaths, male in Cameroon
Cameroon: Number of under-five deaths, male was 33,678 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of under-five deaths, male 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
Cameroon recorded 33,678 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Cameroon peaked at 45,969 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 30,609, in 1971.
Cameroon ranks 20th 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 | 31,627 | 30,905 | 32,064 | 10 |
| 1970s | 32,328 | 30,609 | 34,893 | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,126 | 33,182 | 35,241 | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,406 | 34,806 | 44,726 | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,535 | 45,000 | 45,969 | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,610 | 37,585 | 44,733 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,254 | 33,678 | 36,954 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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, male in Cameroon?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Cameroon was 33,678 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, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 45,969 in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,609 in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Cameroon ranks 20th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. 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, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.