Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Samoa
0.0535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.0542 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Samoa rank
75th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
73rd
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.0542 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman in Samoa, a difference of 0.0007 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 75th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 73rd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6224 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5792 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0432 under-five deaths per woman | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.3964 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5736 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1772 under-five deaths per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 0.1988 under-five deaths per woman | 0.617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4182 under-five deaths per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 0.1226 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5689 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4463 under-five deaths per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.0892 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2967 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2076 under-five deaths per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.0813 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1129 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0316 under-five deaths per woman | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.0596 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0586 under-five deaths per woman | 0.001 under-five deaths per woman | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Samoa or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.0542 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0007 under-five deaths per woman, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Samoa ranks 75th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 73rd 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).