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

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tonga ahead.

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

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Thailand vs Tonga: Mortality rate, infant

Thailand

7.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tonga

7.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Thailand rank

131st

Tonga rank

130th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Thailand
Tonga

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 7.8 per 1,000 live births against 7.7 per 1,000 live births in Thailand, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Thailand ahead.

Thailand ranks 131st and Tonga ranks 130th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Thailand averaged higher in 6 and Tonga in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Thailand	Tonga	Difference	Ahead
1960s	92.47 per 1,000 live births	51.6 per 1,000 live births	40.87 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
1970s	64.34 per 1,000 live births	31.03 per 1,000 live births	33.31 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
1980s	40.89 per 1,000 live births	21.14 per 1,000 live births	19.75 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
1990s	24.53 per 1,000 live births	15.74 per 1,000 live births	8.79 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
2000s	15.05 per 1,000 live births	12.25 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
2010s	10.32 per 1,000 live births	9.71 per 1,000 live births	0.61 per 1,000 live births	Thailand
2020s	8.18 per 1,000 live births	8.24 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Thailand or Tonga?: Tonga, at 7.8 per 1,000 live births against 7.7 per 1,000 live births in Thailand as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Thailand and Tonga?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Tonga?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Thailand and Tonga rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Thailand ranks 131st and Tonga ranks 130th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.