Samoa vs Tonga: Neonatal mortality rate
Samoa
0.6%
in 2019
Tonga
0.6%
in 2019
Samoa rank
118th
Tonga rank
115th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 118th and Tonga ranks 115th of 204 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.6% | 2.2% | 1.5% | Samoa |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.2% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Samoa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Samoa as of 2019.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0.0%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Samoa ranks 118th and Tonga ranks 115th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death between 0 and 27 days