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
00.511.52196319932024

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

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).