El Salvador vs Sao Tome and Principe: Infant mortality by sex
El Salvador
0.9683 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
1.01 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
122nd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
119th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- El Salvador
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.01 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9683 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0417 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 122nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 119th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 5.84 deaths per 100 live births | 7.33 deaths per 100 live births | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 10.99 deaths per 100 live births | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 7.13 deaths per 100 live births | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5723 deaths per 100 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 6.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2.78 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 4.09 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4038 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.055 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, El Salvador or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.01 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9683 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0417 deaths per 100 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- El Salvador ranks 122nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 119th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .