Mexico vs Sao Tome and Principe: Child mortality
Mexico
1.31 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
1.36 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mexico rank
108th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
104th
Child mortality over time
- Mexico
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.36 deaths per 100 live births against 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 108th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 104th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 17 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 44.07 deaths per 100 live births | 4.65 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1810s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 42.21 deaths per 100 live births | 6.5 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1820s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 40.43 deaths per 100 live births | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1830s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 38.73 deaths per 100 live births | 9.99 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1840s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 37.09 deaths per 100 live births | 11.62 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1850s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 35.53 deaths per 100 live births | 13.19 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1860s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 34.03 deaths per 100 live births | 14.68 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1870s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 32.6 deaths per 100 live births | 16.12 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1880s | 48.72 deaths per 100 live births | 31.22 deaths per 100 live births | 17.49 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1890s | 49.56 deaths per 100 live births | 29.91 deaths per 100 live births | 19.66 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1900s | 46.63 deaths per 100 live births | 28.65 deaths per 100 live births | 17.98 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1910s | 44.02 deaths per 100 live births | 27.44 deaths per 100 live births | 16.59 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1920s | 37.36 deaths per 100 live births | 26.28 deaths per 100 live births | 11.08 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1930s | 31.1 deaths per 100 live births | 25.17 deaths per 100 live births | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1940s | 25.6 deaths per 100 live births | 24.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1950s | 20.17 deaths per 100 live births | 20.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3764 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1960s | 13.08 deaths per 100 live births | 10.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2.57 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1970s | 9.07 deaths per 100 live births | 8.82 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2402 deaths per 100 live births | Mexico |
| 1980s | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | 10.08 deaths per 100 live births | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | 10.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6.64 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 5.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8415 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0944 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Mexico or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.36 deaths per 100 live births against 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for child mortality?
- Mexico ranks 108th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 104th 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.