Brazil vs Samoa: Mortality rate, under-5
Brazil
14.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
100th
Samoa rank
99th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Brazil
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 14.9 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.7 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 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 | 151.23 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 58.9 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 116.71 per 1,000 live births | 57.96 per 1,000 live births | 58.75 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 79.23 per 1,000 live births | 36.45 per 1,000 live births | 42.78 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 49.51 per 1,000 live births | 25.58 per 1,000 live births | 23.93 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 26.06 per 1,000 live births | 20.09 per 1,000 live births | 5.97 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 16.51 per 1,000 live births | 18.58 per 1,000 live births | 2.07 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 14.56 per 1,000 live births | 15.78 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, Brazil or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 14.9 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 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?
- Brazil ranks 100th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.