Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Neonatal mortality rate
Barbados
0.6629 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.6404 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
115th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
118th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Barbados
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0225 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Barbados ranks 115th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 0.9895 deaths per 100 live births | 2.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.9531 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.8776 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2897 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.7078 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6997 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0081 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Barbados, at 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0225 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Barbados ranks 115th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .