Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Samoa or Singapore?

Singapore, at 103 deaths against 86 deaths in Samoa as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Samoa and Singapore?

17 deaths, with Singapore ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Samoa vs Singapore: Number of children who die before age 5

Samoa

86 deaths

in 2023

Singapore

103 deaths

in 2023

Samoa rank

166th

Singapore rank

163rd

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Samoa
Singapore

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 103 deaths against 86 deaths in Samoa, a difference of 17 deaths.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.

Samoa ranks 166th and Singapore ranks 163rd of 236 countries.

Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
1950s	663.4 deaths	4,294 deaths	3,630 deaths	Singapore
1960s	536 deaths	2,029 deaths	1,493 deaths	Singapore
1970s	328 deaths	874.7 deaths	546.7 deaths	Singapore
1980s	212.3 deaths	501.7 deaths	289.4 deaths	Singapore
1990s	148.5 deaths	278.8 deaths	130.3 deaths	Singapore
2000s	114.7 deaths	143.1 deaths	28.4 deaths	Singapore
2010s	112 deaths	124.3 deaths	12.3 deaths	Singapore
2020s	94 deaths	111 deaths	17 deaths	Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Samoa or Singapore?: Singapore, at 103 deaths against 86 deaths in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Samoa and Singapore?: 17 deaths, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Singapore?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Samoa and Singapore rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Samoa ranks 166th and Singapore ranks 163rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.