# Infant mortality rate in Cameroon

Infant mortality rate in Cameroon was 40.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `cm`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/cameroon
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=cm

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 40.2 |
| 2023 | 41.3 |
| 2022 | 42.7 |
| 2021 | 44.1 |
| 2020 | 45.5 |
| 2019 | 46.9 |
| 2018 | 48 |
| 2017 | 49.6 |
| 2016 | 51.4 |
| 2015 | 53.3 |
| 2014 | 55.3 |
| 2013 | 57.3 |
| 2012 | 59.6 |
| 2011 | 61.8 |
| 2010 | 63.9 |
| 2009 | 66.3 |
| 2008 | 68 |
| 2007 | 69.9 |
| 2006 | 71.6 |
| 2005 | 73.5 |
| 2004 | 75.2 |
| 2003 | 77.2 |
| 2002 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 81.2 |
| 2000 | 83.1 |
| 1999 | 84.7 |
| 1998 | 85.8 |
| 1997 | 86.4 |
| 1996 | 86.6 |
| 1995 | 86.2 |
| 1994 | 85.5 |
| 1993 | 84.4 |
| 1992 | 83.3 |
| 1991 | 82.2 |
| 1990 | 81.5 |
| 1989 | 81.5 |
| 1988 | 82.3 |
| 1987 | 84 |
| 1986 | 86.6 |
| 1985 | 89.8 |
| 1984 | 93.4 |
| 1983 | 97.3 |
| 1982 | 101.2 |
| 1981 | 104.8 |
| 1980 | 107.8 |
| 1979 | 110.4 |
| 1978 | 112.3 |
| 1977 | 113.5 |
| 1976 | 114.3 |
| 1975 | 115 |
| 1974 | 116 |
| 1973 | 117.6 |
| 1972 | 120.1 |
| 1971 | 123.6 |
| 1970 | 128.2 |
| 1969 | 133.6 |
| 1968 | 139.3 |
| 1967 | 145.1 |
| 1966 | 150.4 |
| 1965 | 155.3 |
| 1964 | 159.7 |
| 1963 | 163.7 |
| 1962 | 167.6 |
| 1961 | 172.1 |
| 1960 | 177.3 |