What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Brazil and Samoa?

0.6 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.

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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Brazil

15.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Samoa

16.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Brazil rank

100th

Samoa rank

99th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Brazil
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

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

Brazil ranks 100th and Samoa ranks 99th of 197 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	163.56 per 1,000 live births	97.87 per 1,000 live births	65.69 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1970s	127.13 per 1,000 live births	62.3 per 1,000 live births	64.83 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1980s	86.26 per 1,000 live births	39.66 per 1,000 live births	46.6 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1990s	54.45 per 1,000 live births	27.98 per 1,000 live births	26.47 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2000s	28.94 per 1,000 live births	22 per 1,000 live births	6.94 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2010s	18.31 per 1,000 live births	20.37 per 1,000 live births	2.06 per 1,000 live births	Samoa
2020s	16.14 per 1,000 live births	17.32 per 1,000 live births	1.18 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, male, Brazil or Samoa?: Samoa, at 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Brazil and Samoa?: 0.6 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, male?: Brazil ranks 100th and Samoa ranks 99th 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, male (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, male (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: 03 September 2026

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