Cameroon vs Wallis and Futuna: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Cameroon
43.0%
in 2023
Wallis and Futuna
43.4%
in 2023
Cameroon rank
35th
Wallis and Futuna rank
32nd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Cameroon
- Wallis and Futuna
How they compare
Wallis and Futuna currently reports 43.4% against 43.0% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Wallis and Futuna ahead.
Cameroon ranks 35th and Wallis and Futuna ranks 32nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Wallis and Futuna in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Wallis and Futuna | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47.4% | 48.6% | 1.3% | Wallis and Futuna |
| 1960s | 45.8% | 47.6% | 1.8% | Wallis and Futuna |
| 1970s | 47.0% | 45.9% | 1.1% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 46.2% | 44.2% | 2.0% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 46.1% | 45.5% | 0.7% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 46.9% | 41.9% | 5.0% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 42.6% | 2.1% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 43.2% | 43.4% | 0.2% | Wallis and Futuna |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Cameroon or Wallis and Futuna?
- Wallis and Futuna, at 43.4% against 43.0% in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Cameroon and Wallis and Futuna?
- 0.4%, with Wallis and Futuna ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Wallis and Futuna?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Wallis and Futuna rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Cameroon ranks 35th and Wallis and Futuna ranks 32nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.