What is the difference in death rate from meningitis between Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu?

0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Tuvalu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from meningitis. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Tuvalu: Death rate from meningitis

Sao Tome and Principe

1.4 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Tuvalu

1.43 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Sao Tome and Principe rank

71st

Tuvalu rank

69th

Death rate from meningitis over time

Sao Tome and Principe
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 71st and Tuvalu ranks 69th of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 2 and Tuvalu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sao Tome and Principe	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
2000s	7.37 deaths per 100,000 people	2.58 deaths per 100,000 people	4.79 deaths per 100,000 people	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	2 deaths per 100,000 people	1.66 deaths per 100,000 people	0.334 deaths per 100,000 people	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	1.43 deaths per 100,000 people	1.57 deaths per 100,000 people	0.145 deaths per 100,000 people	Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate from meningitis, Sao Tome and Principe or Tuvalu?: Tuvalu, at 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2021.
What is the difference in death rate from meningitis between Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu?: 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu rank globally for death rate from meningitis?: Sao Tome and Principe ranks 71st and Tuvalu ranks 69th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from meningitis. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Death rate from meningitis
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.