Sao Tome and Principe vs Seychelles: Mortality rate, under-5
Sao Tome and Principe
13.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
14 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
102nd
Seychelles rank
101st
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 14 per 1,000 live births against 13.6 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 101st of 197 countries.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.58 per 1,000 live births | 88.46 per 1,000 live births | 2.12 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 88.25 per 1,000 live births | 53.82 per 1,000 live births | 34.43 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 100.78 per 1,000 live births | 21.99 per 1,000 live births | 78.79 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 102.72 per 1,000 live births | 14.7 per 1,000 live births | 88.02 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 59.25 per 1,000 live births | 13.83 per 1,000 live births | 45.42 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 25.27 per 1,000 live births | 14.51 per 1,000 live births | 10.76 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 14.76 per 1,000 live births | 14.46 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 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, Sao Tome and Principe or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 14 per 1,000 live births against 13.6 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
- 0.4 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?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 101st 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.