Brazil vs Samoa: Child mortality rate
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 rate 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 200 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 | 6.4 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 | 0.597 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.207 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.122 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, 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 rate 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 rate?
- Brazil ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 100th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.