Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Samoa
13.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
12.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
99th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
102nd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 13.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.2 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Samoa ranks 99th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 102nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.1 per 1,000 live births | 85.28 per 1,000 live births | 9.18 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 53.31 per 1,000 live births | 82.92 per 1,000 live births | 29.61 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 33.07 per 1,000 live births | 94.94 per 1,000 live births | 61.87 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 23.05 per 1,000 live births | 96.99 per 1,000 live births | 73.94 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 18.07 per 1,000 live births | 55.04 per 1,000 live births | 36.97 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 16.66 per 1,000 live births | 22.94 per 1,000 live births | 6.28 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 14.12 per 1,000 live births | 13.28 per 1,000 live births | 0.84 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, Samoa or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Samoa, at 13.3 per 1,000 live births against 12.2 per 1,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Samoa ranks 99th and Sao Tome and Principe 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, 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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About this data
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.