Tonga vs Turkiye: Child mortality rate
Tonga
0.95 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkiye
0.96 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga rank
128th
Turkiye rank
126th
Child mortality rate over time
- Tonga
- Turkiye
How they compare
Turkiye currently reports 0.96 deaths per 100 live births against 0.95 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Turkiye has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 128th and Turkiye ranks 126th of 200 countries.
Turkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Turkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.51 deaths per 100 live births | 20.96 deaths per 100 live births | 14.45 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 1970s | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 16.05 deaths per 100 live births | 12.17 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 1980s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 10.2 deaths per 100 live births | 7.59 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 1990s | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 2000s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 2010s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.199 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
| 2020s | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.094 deaths per 100 live births | Turkiye |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Tonga or Turkiye?
- Turkiye, at 0.96 deaths per 100 live births against 0.95 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Tonga and Turkiye?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Turkiye?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Tonga and Turkiye rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Tonga ranks 128th and Turkiye ranks 126th 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.