What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Brazil and Samoa?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Samoa: Youth mortality rate

Brazil

1.69 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Samoa

1.7 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Brazil rank

102nd

Samoa rank

101st

Youth mortality rate over time

Brazil
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.7 deaths per 100 live births against 1.69 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 102nd and Samoa ranks 101st of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5.33 deaths per 100 live births	3.01 deaths per 100 live births	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	Brazil
2000s	2.94 deaths per 100 live births	2.46 deaths per 100 live births	0.4774 deaths per 100 live births	Brazil
2010s	1.94 deaths per 100 live births	2.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.2233 deaths per 100 live births	Samoa
2020s	1.72 deaths per 100 live births	1.8 deaths per 100 live births	0.0854 deaths per 100 live births	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Brazil or Samoa?: Samoa, at 1.7 deaths per 100 live births against 1.69 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Brazil and Samoa?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Samoa rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Brazil ranks 102nd and Samoa ranks 101st 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.