Neonatal mortality rate in Tonga
Tonga: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Tonga, 1950–2019
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, neonatal mortality rate in Tonga stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 70 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Tonga peaked at 2.3% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2019.
Tonga ranks 115th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 70 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
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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 neonatal mortality rate in Tonga?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Tonga was 0.6% in 2019, according to IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1950.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
- How does Tonga rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Tonga ranks 115th out of 204 countries with data for 2019.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability of death between 0 and 27 days