What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Peru vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rate, neonatal

Peru

6.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

6.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru rank

116th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

117th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Peru
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Peru currently reports 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 116th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Peru	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1980s	31.24 per 1,000 live births	27.24 per 1,000 live births	4 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	22.56 per 1,000 live births	24.78 per 1,000 live births	2.22 per 1,000 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	12.79 per 1,000 live births	19.57 per 1,000 live births	6.78 per 1,000 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	8.42 per 1,000 live births	11.69 per 1,000 live births	3.27 per 1,000 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	6.9 per 1,000 live births	7 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Peru or Sao Tome and Principe?: Peru, at 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Peru and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Peru ranks 116th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.