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Under-five mortality rate — Tonga

Under-five mortality rate in Tonga in 2024 — 9.5 per 1,000. Ranked 70 in the world out of 196. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 87.9%.

2024 9.5 per 1,000 −3.06% vs 2023
World rank 70of 196
Period maximum 78.7 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 9.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1963–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Tonga, 1963–202402040608019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 78.7 per 1,0001965: 69 per 1,0001967: 60.4 per 1,0001969: 52.7 per 1,0001971: 46.2 per 1,0001973: 41.1 per 1,0001975: 37 per 1,0001977: 33.6 per 1,0001979: 30.8 per 1,0001981: 28.6 per 1,0001983: 27 per 1,0001985: 25.7 per 1,0001987: 24.4 per 1,0001989: 22.9 per 1,0001991: 21.3 per 1,0001993: 19.9 per 1,0001995: 18.8 per 1,0001997: 18.1 per 1,0001999: 17.3 per 1,0002001: 16.5 per 1,0002003: 15.6 per 1,0002005: 14.8 per 1,0002007: 14 per 1,0002009: 13.4 per 1,0002011: 12.8 per 1,0002013: 12.3 per 1,0002015: 11.9 per 1,0002017: 11.4 per 1,0002019: 10.9 per 1,0002021: 10.4 per 1,0002023: 9.8 per 1,0002024: 9.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −69.2 (−87.93%) Average annual rate: -3.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga

Tonga 9.5 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.5 −0.3 −3.06%
2023 9.8 −0.3 −2.97%
2022 10.1 −0.3 −2.88%
2021 10.4 −0.2 −1.89%
2020 10.6 −0.3 −2.75%
2019 10.9 −0.2 −1.8%
2018 11.1 −0.3 −2.63%
2017 11.4 −0.2 −1.72%
2016 11.6 −0.3 −2.52%
2015 11.9 −0.2 −1.65%
2014 12.1 −0.2 −1.63%
2013 12.3 −0.3 −2.38%
2012 12.6 −0.2 −1.56%
2011 12.8 −0.3 −2.29%
2010 13.1 −0.3 −2.24%
2009 13.4 −0.3 −2.19%
2008 13.7 −0.3 −2.14%
2007 14 −0.4 −2.78%
2006 14.4 −0.4 −2.7%
2005 14.8 −0.4 −2.63%
2004 15.2 −0.4 −2.56%
2003 15.6 −0.4 −2.5%
2002 16 −0.5 −3.03%
2001 16.5 −0.4 −2.37%
2000 16.9 −0.4 −2.31%
1999 17.3 −0.4 −2.26%
1998 17.7 −0.4 −2.21%
1997 18.1 −0.3 −1.63%
1996 18.4 −0.4 −2.13%
1995 18.8 −0.5 −2.59%
1994 19.3 −0.6 −3.02%
1993 19.9 −0.6 −2.93%
1992 20.5 −0.8 −3.76%
1991 21.3 −0.8 −3.62%
1990 22.1 −0.8 −3.49%
1989 22.9 −0.8 −3.38%
1988 23.7 −0.7 −2.87%
1987 24.4 −0.7 −2.79%
1986 25.1 −0.6 −2.33%
1985 25.7 −0.6 −2.28%
1984 26.3 −0.7 −2.59%
1983 27 −0.8 −2.88%
1982 27.8 −0.8 −2.8%
1981 28.6 −1 −3.38%
1980 29.6 −1.2 −3.9%
1979 30.8 −1.4 −4.35%
1978 32.2 −1.4 −4.17%
1977 33.6 −1.6 −4.55%
1976 35.2 −1.8 −4.86%
1975 37 −2 −5.13%
1974 39 −2.1 −5.11%
1973 41.1 −2.4 −5.52%
1972 43.5 −2.7 −5.84%
1971 46.2 −3.1 −6.29%
1970 49.3 −3.4 −6.45%
1969 52.7 −3.7 −6.56%
1968 56.4 −4 −6.62%
1967 60.4 −4.3 −6.65%
1966 64.7 −4.3 −6.23%
1965 69 −4.8 −6.5%
1964 73.8 −4.9 −6.23%
1963 78.7 — —

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 9.5 WS Samoa 14.9 TV Tuvalu 19.2
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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