What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Barbados and Tonga?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tonga?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Tonga: Youth mortality rate

Barbados

1.13 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tonga

1.12 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

130th

Tonga rank

131st

Youth mortality rate over time

Barbados
Tonga

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.12 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tonga ahead.

Barbados ranks 130th and Tonga ranks 131st of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Tonga	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.473 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2000s	1.7 deaths per 100 live births	1.95 deaths per 100 live births	0.2522 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2010s	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	0.0033 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2020s	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.0132 deaths per 100 live births	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Barbados or Tonga?: Barbados, at 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.12 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Barbados and Tonga?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tonga?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Tonga rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Barbados ranks 130th and Tonga ranks 131st 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.