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Cameroon: Neonatal mortality rate

Name: Cameroon: Neonatal mortality rate
Creator: World Health Organization
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/

24.80per 1000 live births · 2024-17.3% since 2014

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WHOSIS_000003. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1955 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

Year	Value (per 1000 live births)	Note
2024	24.8
2023	25.2
2022	25.7
2021	26.3
2020	26.8
2019	27.3
2018	27.8
2017	28.4
2016	28.9
2015	29.5
2014	30
2013	30.4
2012	30.8
2011	31.2
2010	31.6
2009	31.9
2008	32.3
2007	32.6
2006	32.9
2005	33.1
2004	33.3
2003	33.6
2002	34
2001	34.5
2000	35.4
1999	36.3
1998	37.2
1997	38
1996	38.7
1995	39.2
1994	39.6
1993	39.8
1992	40
1991	40.2
1990	40.4
1989	40.8
1988	41.5
1987	42.5
1986	43.7
1985	45.1
1984	46.7
1983	48.2
1982	49.5
1981	50.8
1980	51.8
1979	52.6
1978	53.2
1977	53.6
1976	53.9
1975	54.3
1974	54.7
1973	55.3
1972	56.2
1971	57.5
1970	59.1
1969	60.9
1968	62.8
1967	64.7
1966	66.2
1965	67.5
1964	68.5
1963	69.6
1962	70.5
1961	71.8
1960	73.4
1959	75.4
1958	77.8
1957	80.4
1956	83
1955	85.4

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Neonatal mortality rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-whosis-000003 (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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