Samoa vs Seychelles: Child mortality rate
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
1.4 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa rank
100th
Seychelles rank
102nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Seychelles's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 82 shared years of data; in 1943 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 100th and Seychelles ranks 102nd of 199 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 8 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 17.05 deaths per 100 live births | 11.83 deaths per 100 live births | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1950s | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1960s | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2438 deaths per 100 live births | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | 5.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4159 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1980s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1990s | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2000s | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6261 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4069 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1317 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 82 years are reported by both, from 1943 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Samoa ranks 100th and Seychelles ranks 102nd 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 Child 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 under five years, per 100 live births .