Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Sao Tome and Principe

Infant mortality rate in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 9.2 per 1,000. Ranked 80 in the world out of 196. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 83.6%.

2024 9.2 per 1,000 −3.16% vs 2023
World rank 80of 196
Period maximum 66.2 per 1,0001992
Period minimum 9.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1965–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Sao Tome and Principe, 1965–2024020406080196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 56.1 per 1,0001966: 54.4 per 1,0001967: 52.9 per 1,0001968: 51.6 per 1,0001969: 50.9 per 1,0001970: 50.5 per 1,0001971: 50.6 per 1,0001972: 50.9 per 1,0001973: 51.3 per 1,0001974: 51.7 per 1,0001975: 52.1 per 1,0001976: 52.5 per 1,0001977: 52.8 per 1,0001978: 53.2 per 1,0001979: 53.6 per 1,0001980: 54.1 per 1,0001981: 54.9 per 1,0001982: 56 per 1,0001983: 57.2 per 1,0001984: 58.6 per 1,0001985: 60 per 1,0001986: 65.2 per 1,0001987: 62.7 per 1,0001988: 63.8 per 1,0001989: 64.8 per 1,0001990: 65.5 per 1,0001991: 66.1 per 1,0001992: 66.2 per 1,0001993: 65.9 per 1,0001994: 65.1 per 1,0001995: 63.7 per 1,0001996: 61.9 per 1,0001997: 59.6 per 1,0001998: 56.8 per 1,0001999: 53.9 per 1,0002000: 50.7 per 1,0002001: 47.4 per 1,0002002: 44.1 per 1,0002003: 40.9 per 1,0002004: 37.8 per 1,0002005: 34.9 per 1,0002006: 32.1 per 1,0002007: 29.6 per 1,0002008: 27.3 per 1,0002009: 25.2 per 1,0002010: 23.2 per 1,0002011: 21.3 per 1,0002012: 19.6 per 1,0002013: 18.1 per 1,0002014: 16.6 per 1,0002015: 15.2 per 1,0002016: 14 per 1,0002017: 12.9 per 1,0002018: 12 per 1,0002019: 11.3 per 1,0002020: 10.8 per 1,0002021: 10.3 per 1,0002022: 9.9 per 1,0002023: 9.5 per 1,0002024: 9.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −46.9 (−83.6%) Average annual rate: -3.02 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 9.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 48.5 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.2 −0.3 −3.16%
2023 9.5 −0.4 −4.04%
2022 9.9 −0.4 −3.88%
2021 10.3 −0.5 −4.63%
2020 10.8 −0.5 −4.42%
2019 11.3 −0.7 −5.83%
2018 12 −0.9 −6.98%
2017 12.9 −1.1 −7.86%
2016 14 −1.2 −7.89%
2015 15.2 −1.4 −8.43%
2014 16.6 −1.5 −8.29%
2013 18.1 −1.5 −7.65%
2012 19.6 −1.7 −7.98%
2011 21.3 −1.9 −8.19%
2010 23.2 −2 −7.94%
2009 25.2 −2.1 −7.69%
2008 27.3 −2.3 −7.77%
2007 29.6 −2.5 −7.79%
2006 32.1 −2.8 −8.02%
2005 34.9 −2.9 −7.67%
2004 37.8 −3.1 −7.58%
2003 40.9 −3.2 −7.26%
2002 44.1 −3.3 −6.96%
2001 47.4 −3.3 −6.51%
2000 50.7 −3.2 −5.94%
1999 53.9 −2.9 −5.11%
1998 56.8 −2.8 −4.7%
1997 59.6 −2.3 −3.72%
1996 61.9 −1.8 −2.83%
1995 63.7 −1.4 −2.15%
1994 65.1 −0.8 −1.21%
1993 65.9 −0.3 −0.45%
1992 66.2 +0.1 +0.15%
1991 66.1 +0.6 +0.92%
1990 65.5 +0.7 +1.08%
1989 64.8 +1 +1.57%
1988 63.8 +1.1 +1.75%
1987 62.7 −2.5 −3.83%
1986 65.2 +5.2 +8.67%
1985 60 +1.4 +2.39%
1984 58.6 +1.4 +2.45%
1983 57.2 +1.2 +2.14%
1982 56 +1.1 +2%
1981 54.9 +0.8 +1.48%
1980 54.1 +0.5 +0.93%
1979 53.6 +0.4 +0.75%
1978 53.2 +0.4 +0.76%
1977 52.8 +0.3 +0.57%
1976 52.5 +0.4 +0.77%
1975 52.1 +0.4 +0.77%
1974 51.7 +0.4 +0.78%
1973 51.3 +0.4 +0.79%
1972 50.9 +0.3 +0.59%
1971 50.6 +0.1 +0.2%
1970 50.5 −0.4 −0.79%
1969 50.9 −0.7 −1.36%
1968 51.6 −1.3 −2.46%
1967 52.9 −1.5 −2.76%
1966 54.4 −1.7 −3.03%
1965 56.1

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.