Cook Islands vs Tonga: Number of child deaths per woman
Cook Islands
0.0318 under-five deaths per woman
in 2021
Tonga
0.0318 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
97th
Tonga rank
98th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Cook Islands
- Tonga
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman in Tonga, a difference of 0 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 97th and Tonga ranks 98th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4677 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4282 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0395 under-five deaths per woman | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2167 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0191 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.1022 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1355 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0333 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.0833 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0866 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0033 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.0451 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0618 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0167 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.0329 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0432 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0103 under-five deaths per woman | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.0322 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0342 under-five deaths per woman | 0.002 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, Cook Islands or Tonga?
- Cook Islands, at 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman in Tonga as of 2021.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Cook Islands and Tonga?
- 0 under-five deaths per woman, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Tonga?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2021.
- How do Cook Islands and Tonga rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Cook Islands ranks 97th 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).