Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Infant mortality rate by sex
Barbados
0.8338 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.8151 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
120th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
121st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Barbados
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8151 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0187 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Barbados ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 121st of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5114 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 4.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.56 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 5.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.35 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3686 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.8877 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8828 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Barbados, at 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8151 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0187 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Barbados ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 121st 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 rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .