Honduras vs Samoa: Child mortality

Honduras
1.5 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Honduras rank
100th
Samoa rank
101st

Child mortality over time

  • Honduras
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Honduras currently reports 1.5 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Samoa ahead.

Honduras ranks 100th and Samoa ranks 101st of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 20 and Samoa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Samoa Difference Ahead
1800s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 45.67 deaths per 100 live births 6.33 deaths per 100 live births Samoa
1810s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 42.63 deaths per 100 live births 3.28 deaths per 100 live births Samoa
1820s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 39.79 deaths per 100 live births 0.4391 deaths per 100 live births Samoa
1830s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 37.13 deaths per 100 live births 2.21 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1840s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 34.66 deaths per 100 live births 4.69 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1850s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 32.35 deaths per 100 live births 7 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1860s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 30.19 deaths per 100 live births 9.16 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1870s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 28.18 deaths per 100 live births 11.17 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1880s 39.35 deaths per 100 live births 26.3 deaths per 100 live births 13.05 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1890s 39.33 deaths per 100 live births 24.54 deaths per 100 live births 14.79 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1900s 39.03 deaths per 100 live births 22.91 deaths per 100 live births 16.13 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1910s 38.24 deaths per 100 live births 21.38 deaths per 100 live births 16.86 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1920s 37.31 deaths per 100 live births 19.95 deaths per 100 live births 17.36 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1930s 34.45 deaths per 100 live births 18.62 deaths per 100 live births 15.83 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1940s 29.43 deaths per 100 live births 17.61 deaths per 100 live births 11.82 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1950s 24.33 deaths per 100 live births 13.34 deaths per 100 live births 11 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1960s 17.84 deaths per 100 live births 9.23 deaths per 100 live births 8.6 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1970s 12.47 deaths per 100 live births 5.8 deaths per 100 live births 6.67 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1980s 7.71 deaths per 100 live births 3.65 deaths per 100 live births 4.07 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
1990s 5.04 deaths per 100 live births 2.56 deaths per 100 live births 2.48 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
2000s 3.08 deaths per 100 live births 2.01 deaths per 100 live births 1.07 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
2010s 2.08 deaths per 100 live births 1.86 deaths per 100 live births 0.2279 deaths per 100 live births Honduras
2020s 1.6 deaths per 100 live births 1.58 deaths per 100 live births 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births Honduras

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Honduras or Samoa?
Honduras, at 1.5 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Honduras and Samoa?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Samoa?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Honduras and Samoa rank globally for child mortality?
Honduras ranks 100th and Samoa ranks 101st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.