Youth mortality rate in Tonga
Tonga: Youth mortality rate was 1.12 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth mortality rate in Tonga, 1990–2024
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 1.12 deaths per 100 live births for youth mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth mortality rate in Tonga peaked at 2.5 deaths per 100 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.12 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Tonga 131st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 128 Argentina 1.16 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 129 Armenia 1.15 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 130 Barbados 1.13 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 132 Antigua and Barbuda 1.11 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 133 Albania 1.09 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 134 Cuba 1.08 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 youth mortality rate in Tonga?
- Youth mortality rate in Tonga was 1.12 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 youth mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5 deaths per 100 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest youth mortality rate recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for youth mortality rate?
- Tonga ranks 131st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth mortality rate rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.