Peru vs Sao Tome and Principe: Neonatal mortality rate
Peru
0.6517 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.6404 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Peru rank
116th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
118th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Peru
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.6517 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0113 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 116th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1990s | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2222 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6759 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.8422 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3251 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.6923 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6997 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0074 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Peru or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Peru, at 0.6517 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 Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0113 deaths per 100 live births, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Peru ranks 116th 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 .