# Under-five mortality rate in São Tomé and Príncipe

Under-five mortality rate in São Tomé and Príncipe was 13.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `st`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/sao-tome-and-principe
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=st

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 14.1 |
| 2022 | 14.7 |
| 2021 | 15.3 |
| 2020 | 16.1 |
| 2019 | 17.1 |
| 2018 | 18.2 |
| 2017 | 19.6 |
| 2016 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | 23.3 |
| 2014 | 25.5 |
| 2013 | 27.9 |
| 2012 | 30.4 |
| 2011 | 33.2 |
| 2010 | 36.2 |
| 2009 | 39.5 |
| 2008 | 43.1 |
| 2007 | 46.9 |
| 2006 | 51.1 |
| 2005 | 55.7 |
| 2004 | 60.5 |
| 2003 | 65.7 |
| 2002 | 71.1 |
| 2001 | 76.7 |
| 2000 | 82.2 |
| 1999 | 87.6 |
| 1998 | 92.7 |
| 1997 | 97.4 |
| 1996 | 101.4 |
| 1995 | 104.7 |
| 1994 | 107.2 |
| 1993 | 108.7 |
| 1992 | 109.4 |
| 1991 | 109.4 |
| 1990 | 108.7 |
| 1989 | 107.7 |
| 1988 | 106.4 |
| 1987 | 104.8 |
| 1986 | 114.8 |
| 1985 | 100.7 |
| 1984 | 98.5 |
| 1983 | 96.2 |
| 1982 | 94.4 |
| 1981 | 92.8 |
| 1980 | 91.5 |
| 1979 | 90.7 |
| 1978 | 90.1 |
| 1977 | 89.6 |
| 1976 | 89.2 |
| 1975 | 88.6 |
| 1974 | 88 |
| 1973 | 87.3 |
| 1972 | 86.7 |
| 1971 | 86.2 |
| 1970 | 86.1 |
| 1969 | 86.8 |
| 1968 | 88 |
| 1967 | 90.1 |
| 1966 | 92.6 |
| 1965 | 95.4 |