Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Tonga
Tonga: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths was 10 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Tonga, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 10 deaths for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Tonga peaked at 32 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10 deaths, in 2023.
Tonga ranks 180th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.5 deaths | 22 deaths | 32 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.7 deaths | 17 deaths | 22 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.2 deaths | 12 deaths | 16 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8 deaths | 10 deaths | 12 deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 177 Seychelles 15 deaths compare
- 179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11 deaths compare
- 180 Estonia 10 deaths compare
- 183 Marshall Islands 9 deaths compare
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- 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 number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Tonga?
- Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Tonga was 10 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of neonatal, infant and child deaths recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 32 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal, infant and child deaths recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 deaths in 2023.
- How does Tonga rank for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?
- Tonga ranks 180th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal, infant and child deaths rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. 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 Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .