Libya vs Tonga: Infant mortality by sex
Libya
0.8643 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga
0.8551 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya rank
129th
Tonga rank
131st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Libya
- Tonga
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.8643 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8551 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0092 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
Libya ranks 129th and Tonga ranks 131st of 199 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.08 deaths per 100 live births | 5.68 deaths per 100 live births | 8.4 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1970s | 8.06 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 4.61 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1980s | 4.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1990s | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2000s | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6201 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2010s | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1336 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2020s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9052 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1785 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Libya or Tonga?
- Libya, at 0.8643 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8551 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Libya and Tonga?
- 0.0092 deaths per 100 live births, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Tonga?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Tonga rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Libya ranks 129th and Tonga ranks 131st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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 .