Tonga vs Turkey: Infant mortality rate
Tonga
0.7775 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkey
0.8034 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tonga rank
130th
Turkey rank
127th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Tonga
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0259 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 130th and Turkey ranks 127th 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 | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | 15.4 deaths per 100 live births | 10.24 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1970s | 3.1 deaths per 100 live births | 12.54 deaths per 100 live births | 9.43 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1980s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 8.31 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1990s | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2000s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.9729 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1787 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2020s | 0.8218 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8837 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0619 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Tonga or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Tonga and Turkey?
- 0.0259 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 rate?
- Tonga ranks 130th and Turkey ranks 127th 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .