Brazil vs Samoa: Child mortality vs. health spending
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Samoa rank
100th
Child mortality vs. health spending over time
- Brazil
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 85 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 100th of 199 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 7 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23.43 deaths per 100 live births | 17.61 deaths per 100 live births | 5.82 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1950s | 19.74 deaths per 100 live births | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1960s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 5.89 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | 5.88 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 4.28 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5985 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.205 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1213 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Brazil or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Brazil and Samoa?
- 0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Samoa rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Brazil ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 100th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .