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Sao Tome and Principe — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Sao Tome and Principe, 1965–2024.
Latest value · 2024
9.2
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -83.6% since 1965
Infant mortality for Sao Tome and Principe was 9.2 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1965 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 66.2 in 1992. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.02% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Sao Tome and Principe sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 45%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
9.2
First (1965)
56.1
Change
-83.6%
Highest
66.2
in 1992
Lowest
9.2
in 2024
Average
43.2
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.02%
Years of data
60
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.2 |
| 2023 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 9.9 |
| 2021 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 10.8 |
| 2019 | 11.3 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2017 | 12.9 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2015 | 15.2 |
| 2014 | 16.6 |
| 2013 | 18.1 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.