What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Brazil and Samoa?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Samoa: Mortality rate, infant

Brazil

12.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Samoa

12.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Brazil rank

99th

Samoa rank

99th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Brazil
Samoa

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 99th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	114.83 per 1,000 live births	67.93 per 1,000 live births	46.9 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1970s	91.69 per 1,000 live births	43.98 per 1,000 live births	47.71 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1980s	64.34 per 1,000 live births	28 per 1,000 live births	36.34 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1990s	41.32 per 1,000 live births	19.84 per 1,000 live births	21.48 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2000s	22.2 per 1,000 live births	15.58 per 1,000 live births	6.62 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2010s	14.21 per 1,000 live births	14.84 per 1,000 live births	0.63 per 1,000 live births	Samoa
2020s	12.56 per 1,000 live births	12.96 per 1,000 live births	0.4 per 1,000 live births	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Brazil or Samoa?: Brazil, at 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Brazil and Samoa?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Samoa rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Brazil ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 99th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.