Samoa vs Seychelles: Child mortality
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
1.4 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
101st
Seychelles rank
103rd
Child mortality over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Seychelles's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 22 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 45.67 deaths per 100 live births | 42.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1810s | 42.63 deaths per 100 live births | 39.3 deaths per 100 live births | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1820s | 39.79 deaths per 100 live births | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1830s | 37.13 deaths per 100 live births | 32.93 deaths per 100 live births | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1840s | 34.66 deaths per 100 live births | 30.14 deaths per 100 live births | 4.52 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1850s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 27.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1860s | 30.19 deaths per 100 live births | 25.25 deaths per 100 live births | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1870s | 28.18 deaths per 100 live births | 23.11 deaths per 100 live births | 5.07 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1880s | 26.3 deaths per 100 live births | 21.15 deaths per 100 live births | 5.15 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1890s | 24.54 deaths per 100 live births | 19.36 deaths per 100 live births | 5.19 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1900s | 22.91 deaths per 100 live births | 17.72 deaths per 100 live births | 5.19 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1910s | 21.38 deaths per 100 live births | 16.22 deaths per 100 live births | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1920s | 19.95 deaths per 100 live births | 14.84 deaths per 100 live births | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1930s | 18.62 deaths per 100 live births | 13.55 deaths per 100 live births | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1940s | 17.61 deaths per 100 live births | 12.1 deaths per 100 live births | 5.52 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1950s | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1960s | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2438 deaths per 100 live births | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | 5.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4159 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1980s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1990s | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2000s | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6261 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4069 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1317 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for child mortality?
- Samoa ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 103rd 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.