Mexico vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rate, under-5
Mexico
13.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
13.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mexico rank
105th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
102nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Mexico
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 13.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.5 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 | 118.78 per 1,000 live births | 90.58 per 1,000 live births | 28.2 per 1,000 live births | Mexico |
| 1970s | 90.64 per 1,000 live births | 88.25 per 1,000 live births | 2.39 per 1,000 live births | Mexico |
| 1980s | 58.71 per 1,000 live births | 100.78 per 1,000 live births | 42.07 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 36.32 per 1,000 live births | 102.72 per 1,000 live births | 66.4 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 22.91 per 1,000 live births | 59.25 per 1,000 live births | 36.34 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 16.87 per 1,000 live births | 25.27 per 1,000 live births | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 13.82 per 1,000 live births | 14.76 per 1,000 live births | 0.94 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, Mexico or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 13.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.5 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?
- 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 (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
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.