What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?

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.

Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Youth mortality rate

Samoa

1.7 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

1.64 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Samoa rank

101st

Sao Tome and Principe rank

104th

Youth mortality rate over time

Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.7 deaths per 100 live births against 1.64 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Samoa ranks 101st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 104th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.01 deaths per 100 live births	12.11 deaths per 100 live births	9.1 deaths per 100 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	2.46 deaths per 100 live births	7.05 deaths per 100 live births	4.59 deaths per 100 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	2.17 deaths per 100 live births	3.04 deaths per 100 live births	0.8785 deaths per 100 live births	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	1.8 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	0.0162 deaths per 100 live births	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Samoa or Sao Tome and Principe?: Samoa, at 1.7 deaths per 100 live births against 1.64 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Samoa ranks 101st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 104th 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: 28 August 2026

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