Angola vs Cameroon: Number of child deaths per woman
Angola
0.2519 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Angola rank
19th
Cameroon rank
18th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Angola
- Cameroon
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman in Angola, a difference of 0.0204 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 19th and Cameroon ranks 18th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Cameroon in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6134 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 1990s | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8666 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5779 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 2000s | 0.8944 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6973 under-five deaths per woman | 0.197 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 2010s | 0.384 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4475 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0635 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.2724 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3033 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0308 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Angola or Cameroon?
- Cameroon, at 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Angola and Cameroon?
- 0.0204 under-five deaths per woman, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Cameroon?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Cameroon rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Angola ranks 19th and Cameroon ranks 18th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).