Which has higher number of child deaths, Cape Verde or Samoa?

Samoa, at 82 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Samoa?

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cape Verde vs Samoa: Number of child deaths

Cape Verde

72 deaths

in 2024

Samoa

82 deaths

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

164th

Samoa rank

162nd

Number of child deaths over time

Cape Verde
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 82 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde, a difference of 10 deaths.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 164th and Samoa ranks 162nd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 7 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1,641 deaths	632.4 deaths	1,009 deaths	Cape Verde
1960s	1,581 deaths	534.1 deaths	1,046 deaths	Cape Verde
1970s	1,255 deaths	328.2 deaths	926.4 deaths	Cape Verde
1980s	1,010 deaths	213.8 deaths	796 deaths	Cape Verde
1990s	743.4 deaths	149 deaths	594.4 deaths	Cape Verde
2000s	339.7 deaths	113.5 deaths	226.2 deaths	Cape Verde
2010s	190.2 deaths	110.2 deaths	80 deaths	Cape Verde
2020s	81.2 deaths	90 deaths	8.8 deaths	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cape Verde or Samoa?: Samoa, at 82 deaths against 72 deaths in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cape Verde and Samoa?: 10 deaths, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Samoa?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Samoa rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cape Verde ranks 164th and Samoa ranks 162nd 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 Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .