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

Samoa
13.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Suriname
13.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
99th
Suriname rank
96th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Samoa
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 13.8 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Suriname ahead.

Samoa ranks 99th and Suriname ranks 96th of 197 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Suriname Difference Ahead
1980s 30.94 per 1,000 live births 46.11 per 1,000 live births 15.17 per 1,000 live births Suriname
1990s 23.05 per 1,000 live births 33.89 per 1,000 live births 10.84 per 1,000 live births Suriname
2000s 18.07 per 1,000 live births 23.73 per 1,000 live births 5.66 per 1,000 live births Suriname
2010s 16.66 per 1,000 live births 18.23 per 1,000 live births 1.57 per 1,000 live births Suriname
2020s 14.12 per 1,000 live births 14.72 per 1,000 live births 0.6 per 1,000 live births Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Samoa or Suriname?
Suriname, at 13.8 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Samoa and Suriname?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Suriname?
42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Suriname rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Samoa ranks 99th and Suriname ranks 96th 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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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
244 places, 13,515 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.