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

0.3 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.

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.

Samoa vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, infant

Samoa

12.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Viet Nam

12 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Samoa rank

99th

Viet Nam rank

102nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Samoa
Viet Nam

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam, 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 Viet Nam ranks 102nd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	63.58 per 1,000 live births	64 per 1,000 live births	0.4167 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1970s	43.98 per 1,000 live births	58.65 per 1,000 live births	14.67 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1980s	28 per 1,000 live births	44.25 per 1,000 live births	16.25 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1990s	19.84 per 1,000 live births	29.88 per 1,000 live births	10.04 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2000s	15.58 per 1,000 live births	19.06 per 1,000 live births	3.48 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2010s	14.84 per 1,000 live births	15.52 per 1,000 live births	0.68 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
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 Viet Nam?: Samoa, at 12.3 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Samoa and Viet Nam?: 0.3 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?: Samoa ranks 99th and Viet Nam 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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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.