Brazil vs Samoa: Infant mortality rate by sex
Brazil
1.08 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
1.09 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
104th
Samoa rank
101st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Brazil
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.09 deaths per 100 live births against 1.08 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 104th and Samoa ranks 101st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.1 deaths per 100 live births | 8.9 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1960s | 10.2 deaths per 100 live births | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 8.12 deaths per 100 live births | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4.17 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 5.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 3.25 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0636 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0428 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Brazil or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.09 deaths per 100 live births against 1.08 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Brazil and Samoa?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Samoa rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Brazil ranks 104th and Samoa ranks 101st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .