Mexico vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Mexico
11.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
12.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mexico rank
105th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
102nd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Mexico
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 12.2 per 1,000 live births against 11.8 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 105th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1960s 112.08 per 1,000 live births 85.28 per 1,000 live births 26.8 per 1,000 live births Mexico
1970s 84.45 per 1,000 live births 82.92 per 1,000 live births 1.53 per 1,000 live births Mexico
1980s 53.75 per 1,000 live births 94.94 per 1,000 live births 41.19 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 32.73 per 1,000 live births 96.99 per 1,000 live births 64.26 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 20.54 per 1,000 live births 55.04 per 1,000 live births 34.5 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 15.17 per 1,000 live births 22.94 per 1,000 live births 7.77 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 12.44 per 1,000 live births 13.28 per 1,000 live births 0.84 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, under-5, female, Mexico or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 12.2 per 1,000 live births against 11.8 per 1,000 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Mexico ranks 105th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.