Kazakhstan vs Tonga: Child mortality

Kazakhstan
0.9437 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.9513 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
131st
Tonga rank
130th

Child mortality over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9437 deaths per 100 live births in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.0076 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Kazakhstan ranks 131st and Tonga ranks 130th of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 22 and Tonga in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Tonga Difference Ahead
1800s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 43.01 deaths per 100 live births 6.73 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1810s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 39.76 deaths per 100 live births 9.98 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1820s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 36.76 deaths per 100 live births 12.98 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1830s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 33.99 deaths per 100 live births 15.75 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1840s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 31.42 deaths per 100 live births 18.32 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1850s 49.74 deaths per 100 live births 29.05 deaths per 100 live births 20.69 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1860s 51.32 deaths per 100 live births 26.86 deaths per 100 live births 24.46 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1870s 52.78 deaths per 100 live births 24.83 deaths per 100 live births 27.95 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1880s 49.9 deaths per 100 live births 22.96 deaths per 100 live births 26.94 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1890s 47.14 deaths per 100 live births 21.23 deaths per 100 live births 25.92 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1900s 45.05 deaths per 100 live births 19.62 deaths per 100 live births 25.43 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1910s 40.13 deaths per 100 live births 18.14 deaths per 100 live births 21.99 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1920s 34.48 deaths per 100 live births 16.77 deaths per 100 live births 17.71 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1930s 26.77 deaths per 100 live births 15.51 deaths per 100 live births 11.26 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1940s 17.62 deaths per 100 live births 14.34 deaths per 100 live births 3.28 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1950s 12.04 deaths per 100 live births 11.99 deaths per 100 live births 0.044 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1960s 9.75 deaths per 100 live births 7.21 deaths per 100 live births 2.54 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1970s 7.92 deaths per 100 live births 3.88 deaths per 100 live births 4.04 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1980s 6.05 deaths per 100 live births 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 3.44 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
1990s 5.01 deaths per 100 live births 1.94 deaths per 100 live births 3.07 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2000s 3.21 deaths per 100 live births 1.5 deaths per 100 live births 1.71 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2010s 1.37 deaths per 100 live births 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.1688 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2020s 0.9801 deaths per 100 live births 1.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.028 deaths per 100 live births Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Kazakhstan or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9437 deaths per 100 live births in Kazakhstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Kazakhstan and Tonga?
0.0076 deaths per 100 live births, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Tonga?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Kazakhstan and Tonga rank globally for child mortality?
Kazakhstan ranks 131st 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

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