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Under-five mortality rate — Samoa

Under-five mortality rate in Samoa in 2024 — 14.9 per 1,000. Ranked 98 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86%.

2024 14.9 per 1,000 −2.61% vs 2023
World rank 98of 196
Period maximum 111 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 14.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Samoa, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 106.8 per 1,0001962: 98.7 per 1,0001964: 111 per 1,0001966: 85.2 per 1,0001968: 78.5 per 1,0001970: 71.6 per 1,0001972: 65 per 1,0001974: 58.9 per 1,0001976: 53.3 per 1,0001978: 48.1 per 1,0001980: 43.6 per 1,0001982: 39.9 per 1,0001984: 36.8 per 1,0001986: 34 per 1,0001988: 31.6 per 1,0001990: 29.6 per 1,0001992: 27.8 per 1,0001994: 26 per 1,0001996: 24.2 per 1,0001998: 22.5 per 1,0002000: 21 per 1,0002002: 19.8 per 1,0002004: 19.1 per 1,0002006: 19 per 1,0002008: 19 per 1,0002010: 19.1 per 1,0002012: 18.8 per 1,0002014: 18.5 per 1,0002016: 18.1 per 1,0002018: 17.5 per 1,0002020: 16.7 per 1,0002022: 15.8 per 1,0002024: 14.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −91.9 (−86.05%) Average annual rate: -3.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Samoa 14.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 14.9 −0.4 −2.61%
2023 15.3 −0.5 −3.16%
2022 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2021 16.2 −0.5 −2.99%
2020 16.7 −3.3 −16.5%
2019 20 +2.5 +14.29%
2018 17.5 −0.3 −1.69%
2017 17.8 −0.3 −1.66%
2016 18.1 −0.2 −1.09%
2015 18.3 −0.2 −1.08%
2014 18.5 −0.2 −1.07%
2013 18.7 −0.1 −0.53%
2012 18.8 −0.2 −1.05%
2011 19 −0.1 −0.52%
2010 19.1 −6.2 −24.51%
2009 25.3 +6.3 +33.16%
2008 19 +0 +0%
2007 19 +0 +0%
2006 19 +0 +0%
2005 19 −0.1 −0.52%
2004 19.1 −0.3 −1.55%
2003 19.4 −0.4 −2.02%
2002 19.8 −0.5 −2.46%
2001 20.3 −0.7 −3.33%
2000 21 −0.7 −3.23%
1999 21.7 −0.8 −3.56%
1998 22.5 −0.9 −3.85%
1997 23.4 −0.8 −3.31%
1996 24.2 −0.8 −3.2%
1995 25 −1 −3.85%
1994 26 −0.9 −3.35%
1993 26.9 −0.9 −3.24%
1992 27.8 −0.9 −3.14%
1991 28.7 −0.9 −3.04%
1990 29.6 −1 −3.27%
1989 30.6 −1 −3.16%
1988 31.6 −1.1 −3.36%
1987 32.7 −1.3 −3.82%
1986 34 −1.3 −3.68%
1985 35.3 −1.5 −4.08%
1984 36.8 −1.5 −3.92%
1983 38.3 −1.6 −4.01%
1982 39.9 −1.8 −4.32%
1981 41.7 −1.9 −4.36%
1980 43.6 −2.2 −4.8%
1979 45.8 −2.3 −4.78%
1978 48.1 −2.6 −5.13%
1977 50.7 −2.6 −4.88%
1976 53.3 −2.8 −4.99%
1975 56.1 −2.8 −4.75%
1974 58.9 −3 −4.85%
1973 61.9 −3.1 −4.77%
1972 65 −3.2 −4.69%
1971 68.2 −3.4 −4.75%
1970 71.6 −3.3 −4.41%
1969 74.9 −3.6 −4.59%
1968 78.5 −3.4 −4.15%
1967 81.9 −3.3 −3.87%
1966 85.2 −3.3 −3.73%
1965 88.5 −22.5 −20.27%
1964 111 +15.9 +16.72%
1963 95.1 −3.6 −3.65%
1962 98.7 −4 −3.89%
1961 102.7 −4.1 −3.84%
1960 106.8 — —

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 9.5 WS Samoa 14.9 TV Tuvalu 19.2
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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