Mauritius vs Samoa: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Mauritius
16.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
16.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritius rank
96th
Samoa rank
99th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Mauritius
- Samoa
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 16.9 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Mauritius ranks 96th and Samoa ranks 99th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97.13 per 1,000 live births | 97.87 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1970s | 69.94 per 1,000 live births | 62.3 per 1,000 live births | 7.64 per 1,000 live births | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 34.5 per 1,000 live births | 39.66 per 1,000 live births | 5.16 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1990s | 24.54 per 1,000 live births | 27.98 per 1,000 live births | 3.44 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2000s | 17.79 per 1,000 live births | 22 per 1,000 live births | 4.21 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 16.39 per 1,000 live births | 20.37 per 1,000 live births | 3.98 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 17.12 per 1,000 live births | 17.32 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 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, Mauritius or Samoa?
- Mauritius, at 16.9 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Mauritius and Samoa?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Samoa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritius and Samoa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Mauritius ranks 96th 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, 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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About this data
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.