Sao Tome and Principe — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Sao Tome and Principe, 1965–2024.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 48 of 48 economies; Cabo Verde (10.6) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 9% in 1986. That is 23% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 90th of 140 in 1965 → 101st of 155 in 1970 → 89th of 179 in 1980 → 62nd of 196 in 1990 → 62nd of 196 in 2000 → 79th of 196 in 2010 → 117th of 196 in 2020 → 117th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.2 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 9.9 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 10.3 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 10.8 | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 11.3 | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 12 | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 12.9 | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 14 | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 15.2 | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 16.6 | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 18.1 | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 19.6 | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 21.3 | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 23.2 | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 25.2 | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 27.3 | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 29.6 | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 32.1 | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 34.9 | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 37.8 | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 40.9 | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 44.1 | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 47.4 | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 50.7 | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 53.9 | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 56.8 | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 59.6 | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 61.9 | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 63.7 | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 65.1 | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 65.9 | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 66.2 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 66.1 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 65.5 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 64.8 | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 63.8 | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 62.7 | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 65.2 | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 60 | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 58.6 | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 57.2 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 56 | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 54.9 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 54.1 | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 53.6 | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 53.2 | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 52.8 | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 52.5 | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 52.1 | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 51.7 | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 51.3 | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 50.9 | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 50.6 | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 50.5 | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 50.9 | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 51.6 | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 52.9 | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 54.4 | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 56.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Sao Tome and Principe’s Infant mortality in 1966?
54.4 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Sao Tome and Principe’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Sao Tome and Principe’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -83.6% in total — about 3.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 9.2; 2023: 9.5; 2022: 9.9; 2021: 10.3; 2020: 10.8. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.