Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Neonatal mortality rate

Samoa
0.5839 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.6404 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
120th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
118th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
0.511.522.5198520042024

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.0565 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th of 199 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1980s 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births 1.38 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 1.09 deaths per 100 live births 2.48 deaths per 100 live births 1.39 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 0.7897 deaths per 100 live births 1.96 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 0.7292 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 0.438 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 0.6205 deaths per 100 live births 0.6997 deaths per 100 live births 0.0792 deaths per 100 live births Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Samoa or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.0565 deaths per 100 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Samoa ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 118th 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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Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/neonatal-mortality-wdi/samoa/sao-tome-and-principe/

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Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .