Argentina vs Tonga: Child mortality
Argentina
0.9514 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.9513 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Argentina rank
129th
Tonga rank
130th
Child mortality over time
- Argentina
- Tonga
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Tonga ahead.
Argentina ranks 129th and Tonga ranks 130th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 17 and Tonga in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 43.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.79 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
| 1810s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 39.76 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4555 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1820s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 36.76 deaths per 100 live births | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1830s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 33.99 deaths per 100 live births | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1840s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 31.42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.8 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1850s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 29.05 deaths per 100 live births | 11.17 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1860s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 26.86 deaths per 100 live births | 13.36 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1870s | 40.24 deaths per 100 live births | 24.83 deaths per 100 live births | 15.41 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1880s | 40.43 deaths per 100 live births | 22.96 deaths per 100 live births | 17.48 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1890s | 38.96 deaths per 100 live births | 21.23 deaths per 100 live births | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1900s | 30.77 deaths per 100 live births | 19.62 deaths per 100 live births | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1910s | 21.41 deaths per 100 live births | 18.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1920s | 18.08 deaths per 100 live births | 16.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1930s | 14.39 deaths per 100 live births | 15.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
| 1940s | 11.25 deaths per 100 live births | 14.34 deaths per 100 live births | 3.09 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
| 1950s | 8.56 deaths per 100 live births | 11.99 deaths per 100 live births | 3.43 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
| 1960s | 6.37 deaths per 100 live births | 7.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8407 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
| 1970s | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1980s | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7099 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1990s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5324 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 2000s | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2038 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 2010s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0216 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 2020s | 0.989 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.019 deaths per 100 live births | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Argentina or Tonga?
- Argentina, at 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Argentina and Tonga?
- 0.0001 deaths per 100 live births, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Tonga?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Tonga rank globally for child mortality?
- Argentina ranks 129th 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.