Samoa vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, infant, male
Samoa
13.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Viet Nam
13.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
98th
Viet Nam rank
100th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Samoa
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 13.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.4 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 98th and Viet Nam ranks 100th of 197 countries.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.03 per 1,000 live births | 71.05 per 1,000 live births | 2.02 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 48.16 per 1,000 live births | 64.92 per 1,000 live births | 16.76 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 30.89 per 1,000 live births | 49.78 per 1,000 live births | 18.89 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 21.93 per 1,000 live births | 33.99 per 1,000 live births | 12.06 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 17.2 per 1,000 live births | 21.64 per 1,000 live births | 4.44 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 16.42 per 1,000 live births | 17.49 per 1,000 live births | 1.07 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 14.32 per 1,000 live births | 14.4 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Samoa or Viet Nam?
- Samoa, at 13.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.4 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Samoa and Viet Nam?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Viet Nam?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Samoa ranks 98th and Viet Nam ranks 100th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.