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Brazil vs Sao Tome and Principe: Child mortality rate

Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
1.36 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Sao Tome and Principe rank
103rd

Child mortality rate over time

  • Brazil
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.36 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 101st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 103rd of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1960s 14.18 deaths per 100 live births 9.06 deaths per 100 live births 5.12 deaths per 100 live births Brazil
1970s 11.67 deaths per 100 live births 8.82 deaths per 100 live births 2.85 deaths per 100 live births Brazil
1980s 7.92 deaths per 100 live births 10.08 deaths per 100 live births 2.15 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 4.95 deaths per 100 live births 10.27 deaths per 100 live births 5.32 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 5.92 deaths per 100 live births 3.32 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 1.65 deaths per 100 live births 2.53 deaths per 100 live births 0.876 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 1.46 deaths per 100 live births 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 0.02 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 rate, Brazil or Sao Tome and Principe?
Brazil, at 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.36 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Brazil and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sao Tome and Principe?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for child mortality rate?
Brazil ranks 101st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 103rd of 200 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 rate. 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 rate
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
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.