Which has higher number of child deaths, Cape Verde or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 88 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?

16 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cape Verde vs Sao Tome and Principe: Number of child deaths

Cape Verde

72 deaths

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

88 deaths

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

164th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

161st

Number of child deaths over time

Cape Verde
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 88 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde, a difference of 16 deaths.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 164th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 4 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1,255 deaths	294 deaths	960.6 deaths	Cape Verde
1980s	1,010 deaths	434.7 deaths	575.1 deaths	Cape Verde
1990s	743.4 deaths	527.8 deaths	215.6 deaths	Cape Verde
2000s	339.7 deaths	353.7 deaths	14 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	190.2 deaths	168.4 deaths	21.8 deaths	Cape Verde
2020s	81.2 deaths	93.6 deaths	12.4 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cape Verde or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 88 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?: 16 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cape Verde ranks 164th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .