Bhutan vs Tonga: Number of child deaths per woman
Bhutan
0.0314 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Tonga
0.0318 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Bhutan rank
100th
Tonga rank
98th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Bhutan
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0314 under-five deaths per woman in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 100th and Tonga ranks 98th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 6 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.81 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3417 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 1.54 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2167 under-five deaths per woman | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1355 under-five deaths per woman | 0.881 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 0.4994 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0866 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4128 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.1724 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0618 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1105 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.0608 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0432 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0176 under-five deaths per woman | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0.0319 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0335 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Bhutan or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0314 under-five deaths per woman in Bhutan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Bhutan and Tonga?
- 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Tonga?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Tonga rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Bhutan ranks 100th and Tonga ranks 98th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).