Armenia vs Tonga: Child mortality

Armenia
0.9585 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.9513 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Armenia rank
128th
Tonga rank
130th

Child mortality over time

  • Armenia
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Armenia currently reports 0.9585 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0072 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Tonga ahead.

Armenia ranks 128th and Tonga ranks 130th of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 20 and Tonga in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Tonga Difference Ahead
1800s 36.9 deaths per 100 live births 43.01 deaths per 100 live births 6.11 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
1810s 36.42 deaths per 100 live births 39.76 deaths per 100 live births 3.34 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
1820s 35.95 deaths per 100 live births 36.76 deaths per 100 live births 0.8129 deaths per 100 live births Tonga
1830s 35.48 deaths per 100 live births 33.99 deaths per 100 live births 1.49 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1840s 35.02 deaths per 100 live births 31.42 deaths per 100 live births 3.6 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1850s 34.57 deaths per 100 live births 29.05 deaths per 100 live births 5.51 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1860s 34.12 deaths per 100 live births 26.86 deaths per 100 live births 7.26 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1870s 33.67 deaths per 100 live births 24.83 deaths per 100 live births 8.84 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1880s 33.24 deaths per 100 live births 22.96 deaths per 100 live births 10.28 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1890s 32.8 deaths per 100 live births 21.23 deaths per 100 live births 11.58 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1900s 30.88 deaths per 100 live births 19.62 deaths per 100 live births 11.26 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1910s 27.4 deaths per 100 live births 18.14 deaths per 100 live births 9.26 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1920s 24.31 deaths per 100 live births 16.77 deaths per 100 live births 7.54 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1930s 20.25 deaths per 100 live births 15.51 deaths per 100 live births 4.75 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1940s 15.45 deaths per 100 live births 14.34 deaths per 100 live births 1.12 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1950s 12.45 deaths per 100 live births 11.99 deaths per 100 live births 0.4558 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1960s 10.46 deaths per 100 live births 7.21 deaths per 100 live births 3.25 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1970s 8.71 deaths per 100 live births 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 4.83 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1980s 6.64 deaths per 100 live births 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 4.03 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1990s 4 deaths per 100 live births 1.94 deaths per 100 live births 2.07 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2000s 2.47 deaths per 100 live births 1.5 deaths per 100 live births 0.9701 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2010s 1.52 deaths per 100 live births 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.3204 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2020s 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 1.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.0465 deaths per 100 live births Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Armenia or Tonga?
Armenia, at 0.9585 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 Armenia and Tonga?
0.0072 deaths per 100 live births, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Tonga?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Armenia and Tonga rank globally for child mortality?
Armenia ranks 128th 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.