Haiti vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rates at age 65
Haiti
3.63 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sao Tome and Principe
3.7 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Haiti rank
20th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
18th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Haiti
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people in Haiti, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Haiti ahead.
Haiti ranks 20th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3686 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 1960s | 4.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.268 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 1970s | 4.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3818 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 1980s | 4.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8024 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 1990s | 4.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3655 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 2000s | 3.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4405 deaths per 1,000 people | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4703 deaths per 1,000 people | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 4.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.017 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Haiti or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people in Haiti as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Haiti and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.07 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Haiti and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Haiti ranks 20th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.