Saint Lucia vs Tonga: Mortality rates at age 65
Saint Lucia
3.04 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tonga
3.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Saint Lucia rank
69th
Tonga rank
67th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Saint Lucia
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 69th and Tonga ranks 67th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Saint Lucia averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6954 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1960s | 3.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9336 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1970s | 3.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.444 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1980s | 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7577 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 1990s | 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7602 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 2000s | 3.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5406 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 2010s | 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3224 deaths per 1,000 people | Tonga |
| 2020s | 3.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3021 deaths per 1,000 people | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Saint Lucia or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people in Saint Lucia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Saint Lucia and Tonga?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Tonga?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Saint Lucia and Tonga rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Saint Lucia ranks 69th and Tonga ranks 67th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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.