Oman vs Samoa: Neonatal mortality rate
Oman
0.5782 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
0.5839 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Oman rank
121st
Samoa rank
120th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Oman
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births in Oman, a difference of 0.0057 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Oman ahead.
Oman ranks 121st and Samoa ranks 120th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Oman averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oman | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1990s | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1227 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2000s | 0.6505 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7897 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1392 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.5606 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7292 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1686 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.5592 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6205 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0613 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Oman or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births in Oman as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Oman and Samoa?
- 0.0057 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Samoa?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Oman and Samoa rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Oman ranks 121st and Samoa ranks 120th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .