Brazil vs Samoa: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Brazil
12.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
13.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Samoa rank
99th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Brazil
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 13.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.6 per 1,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 99th of 196 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 138.26 per 1,000 live births 86.38 per 1,000 live births 51.88 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1970s 105.78 per 1,000 live births 53.31 per 1,000 live births 52.47 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1980s 71.85 per 1,000 live births 33.07 per 1,000 live births 38.78 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1990s 44.31 per 1,000 live births 23.05 per 1,000 live births 21.26 per 1,000 live births Brazil
2000s 23.03 per 1,000 live births 18.07 per 1,000 live births 4.96 per 1,000 live births Brazil
2010s 14.64 per 1,000 live births 16.66 per 1,000 live births 2.02 per 1,000 live births Samoa
2020s 12.9 per 1,000 live births 14.12 per 1,000 live births 1.22 per 1,000 live births Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Brazil or Samoa?
Samoa, at 13.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.6 per 1,000 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Brazil and Samoa?
0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa 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, under-5, female?
Brazil ranks 101st and Samoa ranks 99th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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
243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.