Samoa vs Vietnam: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Samoa
12.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Vietnam
12 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
99th
Vietnam rank
102nd
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Samoa
- Vietnam
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Vietnam, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 99th and Vietnam ranks 102nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Vietnam in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63.58 per 1,000 live births | 64 per 1,000 live births | 0.4167 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 1970s | 43.98 per 1,000 live births | 58.65 per 1,000 live births | 14.67 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 1980s | 28 per 1,000 live births | 44.25 per 1,000 live births | 16.25 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 1990s | 19.84 per 1,000 live births | 29.88 per 1,000 live births | 10.04 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 2000s | 15.58 per 1,000 live births | 19.06 per 1,000 live births | 3.48 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 2010s | 14.84 per 1,000 live births | 15.52 per 1,000 live births | 0.68 per 1,000 live births | Vietnam |
| 2020s | 12.96 per 1,000 live births | 12.86 per 1,000 live births | 0.1 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Samoa or Vietnam?
- Samoa, at 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Vietnam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Samoa and Vietnam?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Vietnam?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Vietnam rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Samoa ranks 99th and Vietnam ranks 102nd 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.