Mortality rate, neonatal in Tonga
Tonga: Mortality rate, neonatal was 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Tonga, 1989–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 4.1 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, neonatal in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Tonga peaked at 10.2 per 1,000 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4.1 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Tonga 139th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.2 per 1,000 live births | 10.2 per 1,000 live births | 10.2 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.36 per 1,000 live births | 7.3 per 1,000 live births | 9.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.34 per 1,000 live births | 5.6 per 1,000 live births | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.16 per 1,000 live births | 4.8 per 1,000 live births | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.38 per 1,000 live births | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Tonga
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 1,155 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 1,276 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 1,265 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 1,294 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 1,221 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 1,222 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 1,178 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4,132 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 1,092 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 1,344 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Tonga?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Tonga was 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2 per 1,000 live births in 1989.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Tonga ranks 139th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.