Kazakhstan vs Tonga: Child mortality rate

Kazakhstan
0.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.95 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
130th
Tonga rank
128th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Tonga
02468196319932024

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.95 deaths per 100 live births against 0.94 deaths per 100 live births in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 130th and Tonga ranks 128th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 5 and Tonga in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Tonga Difference Ahead
1970s 7.85 deaths per 100 live births 3.76 deaths per 100 live births 4.08 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 1.93 deaths per 100 live births 3.07 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2000s 3.21 deaths per 100 live births 1.51 deaths per 100 live births 1.7 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2010s 1.36 deaths per 100 live births 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.166 deaths per 100 live births Kazakhstan
2020s 0.978 deaths per 100 live births 1.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.03 deaths per 100 live births Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Kazakhstan or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.95 deaths per 100 live births against 0.94 deaths per 100 live births in Kazakhstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Kazakhstan and Tonga?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Tonga?
54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Kazakhstan and Tonga rank globally for child mortality rate?
Kazakhstan ranks 130th and Tonga ranks 128th 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
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.