Samoa vs Seychelles: Mortality rate, under-5
Samoa
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
14 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
99th
Seychelles rank
101st
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 14.9 per 1,000 live births against 14 per 1,000 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Seychelles's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 99th and Seychelles ranks 101st of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 6 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 94.78 per 1,000 live births | 2.45 per 1,000 live births | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 57.96 per 1,000 live births | 53.82 per 1,000 live births | 4.14 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1980s | 36.45 per 1,000 live births | 21.99 per 1,000 live births | 14.46 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1990s | 25.58 per 1,000 live births | 14.7 per 1,000 live births | 10.88 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2000s | 20.09 per 1,000 live births | 13.83 per 1,000 live births | 6.26 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 18.58 per 1,000 live births | 14.51 per 1,000 live births | 4.07 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 15.78 per 1,000 live births | 14.46 per 1,000 live births | 1.32 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, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 14.9 per 1,000 live births against 14 per 1,000 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Samoa ranks 99th and Seychelles ranks 101st 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.