Which has higher deaths from poisoning, Bahamas or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.68 deaths against 0.61 deaths in Bahamas as of 2021.

What is the difference in deaths from poisoning between Bahamas and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.07 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

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

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 Deaths from poisoning. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Sao Tome and Principe: Deaths from poisoning

Bahamas

0.61 deaths

in 2021

Sao Tome and Principe

0.68 deaths

in 2021

Bahamas rank

168th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

166th

Deaths from poisoning over time

Bahamas
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.68 deaths against 0.61 deaths in Bahamas, a difference of 0.07 deaths.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 168th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 166th of 194 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.743 deaths	0.865 deaths	0.122 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	0.676 deaths	0.841 deaths	0.165 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	0.59 deaths	0.725 deaths	0.135 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths from poisoning, Bahamas or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.68 deaths against 0.61 deaths in Bahamas as of 2021.
What is the difference in deaths from poisoning between Bahamas and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.07 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Sao Tome and Principe?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Bahamas and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for deaths from poisoning?: Bahamas ranks 168th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 166th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths from poisoning. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bahamas vs Sao Tome and Principe: Deaths from poisoning. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/deaths-from-poisonings-ghe/bahamas-the/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/deaths-from-poisonings-ghe/bahamas-the/sao-tome-and-principe/">Bahamas vs Sao Tome and Principe: Deaths from poisoning</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Deaths from poisoning
Unit: deaths
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 poisonings in both sexes.