Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Samoa

Infant mortality rate in Samoa in 2024 — 12.3 per 1,000. Ranked 97 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.4%.

2024 12.3 per 1,000 −2.38% vs 2023
World rank 97of 196
Period maximum 78.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 12.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Samoa, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.6 per 1,0001962: 73 per 1,0001964: 75.4 per 1,0001966: 63.6 per 1,0001968: 58.9 per 1,0001970: 54 per 1,0001972: 49.2 per 1,0001974: 44.7 per 1,0001976: 40.6 per 1,0001978: 36.7 per 1,0001980: 33.4 per 1,0001982: 30.6 per 1,0001984: 28.2 per 1,0001986: 26.1 per 1,0001988: 24.4 per 1,0001990: 22.9 per 1,0001992: 21.5 per 1,0001994: 20.1 per 1,0001996: 18.8 per 1,0001998: 17.5 per 1,0002000: 16.4 per 1,0002002: 15.5 per 1,0002004: 15.1 per 1,0002006: 15 per 1,0002008: 15.1 per 1,0002010: 15.2 per 1,0002012: 15.1 per 1,0002014: 14.9 per 1,0002016: 14.6 per 1,0002018: 14.2 per 1,0002020: 13.6 per 1,0002022: 13 per 1,0002024: 12.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −66.3 (−84.35%) Average annual rate: -2.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Samoa

Samoa 12.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.3 −0.3 −2.38%
2023 12.6 −0.4 −3.08%
2022 13 −0.3 −2.26%
2021 13.3 −0.3 −2.21%
2020 13.6 −1.3 −8.72%
2019 14.9 +0.7 +4.93%
2018 14.2 −0.3 −2.07%
2017 14.5 −0.1 −0.68%
2016 14.6 −0.2 −1.35%
2015 14.8 −0.1 −0.67%
2014 14.9 −0.1 −0.67%
2013 15 −0.1 −0.66%
2012 15.1 −0.1 −0.66%
2011 15.2 +0 +0%
2010 15.2 −2.2 −12.64%
2009 17.4 +2.3 +15.23%
2008 15.1 +0 +0%
2007 15.1 +0.1 +0.67%
2006 15 +0 +0%
2005 15 −0.1 −0.66%
2004 15.1 −0.2 −1.31%
2003 15.3 −0.2 −1.29%
2002 15.5 −0.4 −2.52%
2001 15.9 −0.5 −3.05%
2000 16.4 −0.5 −2.96%
1999 16.9 −0.6 −3.43%
1998 17.5 −0.7 −3.85%
1997 18.2 −0.6 −3.19%
1996 18.8 −0.7 −3.59%
1995 19.5 −0.6 −2.99%
1994 20.1 −0.7 −3.37%
1993 20.8 −0.7 −3.26%
1992 21.5 −0.7 −3.15%
1991 22.2 −0.7 −3.06%
1990 22.9 −0.7 −2.97%
1989 23.6 −0.8 −3.28%
1988 24.4 −0.8 −3.17%
1987 25.2 −0.9 −3.45%
1986 26.1 −1.1 −4.04%
1985 27.2 −1 −3.55%
1984 28.2 −1.2 −4.08%
1983 29.4 −1.2 −3.92%
1982 30.6 −1.3 −4.08%
1981 31.9 −1.5 −4.49%
1980 33.4 −1.6 −4.57%
1979 35 −1.7 −4.63%
1978 36.7 −1.9 −4.92%
1977 38.6 −2 −4.93%
1976 40.6 −2 −4.69%
1975 42.6 −2.1 −4.7%
1974 44.7 −2.2 −4.69%
1973 46.9 −2.3 −4.67%
1972 49.2 −2.3 −4.47%
1971 51.5 −2.5 −4.63%
1970 54 −2.4 −4.26%
1969 56.4 −2.5 −4.24%
1968 58.9 −2.4 −3.92%
1967 61.3 −2.3 −3.62%
1966 63.6 −2.3 −3.49%
1965 65.9 −9.5 −12.6%
1964 75.4 +4.9 +6.95%
1963 70.5 −2.5 −3.42%
1962 73 −2.7 −3.57%
1961 75.7 −2.9 −3.69%
1960 78.6

Polynesia, 2024

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About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.