Sao Tome and Principe vs Tunisia: Infant mortality rate

Sao Tome and Principe
0.9166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tunisia
0.975 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
119th
Tunisia rank
117th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Tunisia
051015196219932024

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 0.975 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9166 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0584 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Tunisia ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 119th and Tunisia ranks 117th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 4 and Tunisia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sao Tome and Principe Tunisia Difference Ahead
1960s 5.32 deaths per 100 live births 13.07 deaths per 100 live births 7.75 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
1970s 5.19 deaths per 100 live births 8.83 deaths per 100 live births 3.64 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
1980s 5.97 deaths per 100 live births 4.83 deaths per 100 live births 1.14 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 6.25 deaths per 100 live births 3.15 deaths per 100 live births 3.09 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 3.7 deaths per 100 live births 1.97 deaths per 100 live births 1.73 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 1.64 deaths per 100 live births 1.59 deaths per 100 live births 0.0552 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 0.9917 deaths per 100 live births 1.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.1627 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Sao Tome and Principe or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 0.975 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9166 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia?
0.0584 deaths per 100 live births, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia rank globally for infant mortality rate?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 119th and Tunisia ranks 117th 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .