Infant mortality rate

47.0 (deaths per thousand live births) in 2021

In 2021, infant mortality rate for Cameroon was 47 deaths per thousand live births. Infant mortality rate of Cameroon fell gradually from 118.6 deaths per thousand live births in 1972 to 47 deaths per thousand live births in 2021.

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Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Date Value Change, %
2021 47.0 -3.09%
2020 48.5 -3.19%
2019 50.1 -2.72%
2018 51.5 -3.20%
2017 53.2 -3.80%
2016 55.3 -3.15%
2015 57.1 -4.03%
2014 59.5 -3.41%
2013 61.6 -4.20%
2012 64.3 -3.45%
2011 66.6 -2.92%
2010 68.6