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

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

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

16 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

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

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 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.

Cyprus vs Sao Tome and Principe: Number of child deaths

Cyprus

72 deaths

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

88 deaths

in 2024

Cyprus rank

164th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

161st

Number of child deaths over time

Cyprus
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Cyprus ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	330.5 deaths	327.25 deaths	3.25 deaths	Cyprus
1980s	211.2 deaths	434.7 deaths	223.5 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
1990s	131.4 deaths	527.8 deaths	396.4 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	59.7 deaths	353.7 deaths	294 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	37.4 deaths	168.4 deaths	131 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	59.8 deaths	93.6 deaths	33.8 deaths	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cyprus or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 88 deaths against 72 deaths in Cyprus as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cyprus and Sao Tome and Principe?: 16 deaths, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Sao Tome and Principe?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cyprus 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 .