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

0.2 per 1,000 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?

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.

Tonga vs Ukraine: Mortality rate, infant

Tonga

7.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

7.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tonga rank

130th

Ukraine rank

133rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Tonga
Ukraine

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 7.8 per 1,000 live births against 7.6 per 1,000 live births in Ukraine, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 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 197 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	30.12 per 1,000 live births	26.8 per 1,000 live births	3.32 per 1,000 live births	Tonga
1980s	21.14 per 1,000 live births	21.18 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
1990s	15.74 per 1,000 live births	18.84 per 1,000 live births	3.1 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2000s	12.25 per 1,000 live births	14.58 per 1,000 live births	2.33 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2010s	9.71 per 1,000 live births	9.59 per 1,000 live births	0.12 per 1,000 live births	Tonga
2020s	8.24 per 1,000 live births	7.92 per 1,000 live births	0.32 per 1,000 live births	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Tonga or Ukraine?: Tonga, at 7.8 per 1,000 live births against 7.6 per 1,000 live births in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Tonga and Ukraine?: 0.2 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant?: Tonga ranks 130th and Ukraine ranks 133rd 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.