Child mortality rate in Tonga
Tonga: Child mortality rate was 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality rate in Tonga, 1970–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Tonga peaked at 4.93 deaths per 100 live births in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Tonga ranks 129th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 4.93 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 126 Turkey 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 127 Armenia 0.9585 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 128 Argentina 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 130 Kazakhstan 0.9437 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 131 Albania 0.9227 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 132 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9051 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Tonga
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 834.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 698 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 842 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 804 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 908 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 865 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 951 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality rate in Tonga?
- Child mortality rate in Tonga was 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4.93 deaths per 100 live births in 1970.
- What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for child mortality rate?
- Tonga ranks 129th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .