Mauritius vs Samoa: Child mortality rate
Mauritius
1.54 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritius rank
97th
Samoa rank
100th
Child mortality rate over time
- Mauritius
- Samoa
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 1.54 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Mauritius ahead.
Mauritius ranks 97th and Samoa ranks 100th of 200 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23.47 deaths per 100 live births | 17.61 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritius |
| 1950s | 12.07 deaths per 100 live births | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1960s | 9.25 deaths per 100 live births | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.012 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 6.53 deaths per 100 live births | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.737 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 3.11 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.534 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1990s | 2.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.373 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.402 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.363 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.022 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Mauritius or Samoa?
- Mauritius, at 1.54 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 rate between Mauritius and Samoa?
- 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Samoa?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2024.
- How do Mauritius and Samoa rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Mauritius ranks 97th 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.