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

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico 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.

Mexico vs Samoa: Mortality rate, infant

Mexico

12.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Samoa

12.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mexico rank

101st

Samoa rank

99th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Mexico
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.1 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

Mexico ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 99th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	94.44 per 1,000 live births	67.93 per 1,000 live births	26.51 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1970s	71.7 per 1,000 live births	43.98 per 1,000 live births	27.72 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1980s	48.92 per 1,000 live births	28 per 1,000 live births	20.92 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1990s	31.26 per 1,000 live births	19.84 per 1,000 live births	11.42 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2000s	20.21 per 1,000 live births	15.58 per 1,000 live births	4.63 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2010s	15.28 per 1,000 live births	14.84 per 1,000 live births	0.44 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2020s	12.76 per 1,000 live births	12.96 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Mexico or Samoa?: Samoa, at 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.1 per 1,000 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mexico and Samoa?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Samoa?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Samoa rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Mexico ranks 101st 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.