El Salvador vs Sao Tome and Principe: Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1)

El Salvador
8.84
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
9.17
in 2024
El Salvador rank
121st
Sao Tome and Principe rank
118th

Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sao Tome and Principe
050100150195519892024

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 9.17 against 8.84 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.33.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 121st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 200 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 122.14 53.17 68.97 El Salvador
1970s 101.67 51.93 49.74 El Salvador
1980s 65.63 59.71 5.93 El Salvador
1990s 37.11 62.47 25.36 Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 20.91 36.99 16.07 Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 12.95 16.43 3.49 Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 9.51 9.92 0.4101 Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1), El Salvador or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 9.17 against 8.84 in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) between El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.33, 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 rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1)?
El Salvador ranks 121st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
213 places, 13,719 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed