Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Number of child deaths per woman
Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.2741 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.78 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0861 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 1.51 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1801 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4049 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 1.62 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 0.8666 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3883 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.6973 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1158 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.4475 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4471 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.3033 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.008 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, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th 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).