Albania vs Tonga: Child mortality

Albania
0.9227 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.9513 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Albania rank
132nd
Tonga rank
130th

Child mortality over time

  • Albania
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9227 deaths per 100 live births in Albania, a difference of 0.0286 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Tonga ahead.

Albania ranks 132nd and Tonga ranks 130th of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 19 and Tonga in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Albania Tonga Difference Ahead
1800s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 43.01 deaths per 100 live births 5.49 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
1810s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 39.76 deaths per 100 live births 2.24 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
1820s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 36.76 deaths per 100 live births 0.7575 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1830s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 33.99 deaths per 100 live births 3.53 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1840s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 31.42 deaths per 100 live births 6.1 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1850s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 29.05 deaths per 100 live births 8.47 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1860s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 26.86 deaths per 100 live births 10.66 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1870s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 24.83 deaths per 100 live births 12.69 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1880s 37.52 deaths per 100 live births 22.96 deaths per 100 live births 14.56 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1890s 37.51 deaths per 100 live births 21.23 deaths per 100 live births 16.28 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1900s 37.22 deaths per 100 live births 19.62 deaths per 100 live births 17.6 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1910s 36.46 deaths per 100 live births 18.14 deaths per 100 live births 18.32 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1920s 35.58 deaths per 100 live births 16.77 deaths per 100 live births 18.81 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1930s 33.16 deaths per 100 live births 15.51 deaths per 100 live births 17.65 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1940s 29.74 deaths per 100 live births 14.34 deaths per 100 live births 15.4 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1950s 23.53 deaths per 100 live births 11.99 deaths per 100 live births 11.54 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1960s 15.76 deaths per 100 live births 7.21 deaths per 100 live births 8.55 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1970s 10.67 deaths per 100 live births 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 6.79 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1980s 5.89 deaths per 100 live births 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 3.28 deaths per 100 live births Albania
1990s 3.42 deaths per 100 live births 1.94 deaths per 100 live births 1.48 deaths per 100 live births Albania
2000s 2.07 deaths per 100 live births 1.5 deaths per 100 live births 0.5662 deaths per 100 live births Albania
2010s 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.1556 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
2020s 0.9383 deaths per 100 live births 1.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.0698 deaths per 100 live births Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Albania or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9227 deaths per 100 live births in Albania as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Albania and Tonga?
0.0286 deaths per 100 live births, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Tonga?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Albania and Tonga rank globally for child mortality?
Albania ranks 132nd and Tonga ranks 130th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.