Palau vs Tuvalu: Child mortality rate
Palau
2.14 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tuvalu
1.92 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Palau rank
73rd
Tuvalu rank
76th
Child mortality rate over time
- Palau
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Palau currently reports 2.14 deaths per 100 live births against 1.92 deaths per 100 live births in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.22 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Palau ranks 73rd and Tuvalu ranks 76th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.06 deaths per 100 live births | 12.9 deaths per 100 live births | 3.84 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 6.35 deaths per 100 live births | 8.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 5.83 deaths per 100 live births | 1.81 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 3.18 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | 3.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.55 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.562 deaths per 100 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.174 deaths per 100 live births | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Palau or Tuvalu?
- Palau, at 2.14 deaths per 100 live births against 1.92 deaths per 100 live births in Tuvalu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Palau and Tuvalu?
- 0.22 deaths per 100 live births, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Tuvalu?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Palau and Tuvalu rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Palau ranks 73rd and Tuvalu ranks 76th 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.