Tonga vs Turkey: Infant mortality by sex
Tonga
0.8551 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkey
0.867 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga rank
131st
Turkey rank
128th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Tonga
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.867 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8551 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0119 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 131st and Turkey ranks 128th of 199 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.68 deaths per 100 live births | 16.18 deaths per 100 live births | 10.5 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1970s | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 13.2 deaths per 100 live births | 9.75 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1980s | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | 6.42 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1990s | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 4.89 deaths per 100 live births | 3.13 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2000s | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9876 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.137 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2020s | 0.9052 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9477 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0425 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Tonga or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.867 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 Tonga and Turkey?
- 0.0119 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Turkey?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Tonga and Turkey rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Tonga ranks 131st and Turkey ranks 128th 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 .