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

Sao Tome and Principe
12.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
12.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
102nd
Seychelles rank
100th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Seychelles
20406080100196019922024

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 12.9 per 1,000 live births against 12.2 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Seychelles ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 100th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 6 and Seychelles in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Difference Ahead
1960s 85.28 per 1,000 live births 85.02 per 1,000 live births 0.26 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1970s 82.92 per 1,000 live births 51.11 per 1,000 live births 31.81 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1980s 94.94 per 1,000 live births 20.39 per 1,000 live births 74.55 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 96.99 per 1,000 live births 13.64 per 1,000 live births 83.35 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 55.04 per 1,000 live births 12.86 per 1,000 live births 42.18 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 22.94 per 1,000 live births 13.44 per 1,000 live births 9.5 per 1,000 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 13.28 per 1,000 live births 13.36 per 1,000 live births 0.08 per 1,000 live births Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Sao Tome and Principe or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 12.9 per 1,000 live births against 12.2 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 100th 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.