What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Tonga and Ukraine?

0.0149 deaths per 100 live births, with Tonga ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Ukraine?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.

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.

Tonga vs Ukraine: Infant mortality rate

Tonga

0.7775 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

0.7626 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tonga rank

130th

Ukraine rank

133rd

Infant mortality rate over time

Tonga
Ukraine

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7626 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine, a difference of 0.0149 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Tonga ahead.

Tonga ranks 130th and Ukraine ranks 133rd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 3 and Ukraine in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tonga	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.01 deaths per 100 live births	2.68 deaths per 100 live births	0.3296 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
1980s	2.11 deaths per 100 live births	2.12 deaths per 100 live births	0.0034 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
1990s	1.58 deaths per 100 live births	1.88 deaths per 100 live births	0.3072 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
2000s	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.46 deaths per 100 live births	0.2329 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
2010s	0.9729 deaths per 100 live births	0.9585 deaths per 100 live births	0.0145 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2020s	0.8218 deaths per 100 live births	0.7917 deaths per 100 live births	0.0301 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Tonga or Ukraine?: Tonga, at 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7626 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Tonga and Ukraine?: 0.0149 deaths per 100 live births, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Ukraine?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Tonga and Ukraine rank globally for infant mortality rate?: Tonga ranks 130th and Ukraine ranks 133rd 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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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: 18 September 2026

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