Cameroon vs Mozambique: Number of child deaths per woman
Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mozambique
0.2816 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Mozambique rank
15th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Cameroon
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Mozambique ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Mozambique ranks 15th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.49 under-five deaths per woman | 1.8 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3091 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5405 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6162 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 0.8666 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.391 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 0.6973 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0391 under-five deaths per woman | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 0.4475 under-five deaths per woman | 0.414 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0335 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.3033 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3022 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0011 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 Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 0.2816 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 Mozambique?
- 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mozambique?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Mozambique rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Mozambique ranks 15th 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).