Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa
Samoa: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths was 32 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 32 deaths for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa peaked at 75 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 32 deaths, in 2024.
Samoa ranks 167th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 75 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 70 deaths | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 67 deaths | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 66 deaths | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 64 deaths | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 63 deaths | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 61 deaths | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 59 deaths | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 56 deaths | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 53 deaths | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 50 deaths | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 48 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 46 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 44 deaths | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 43 deaths | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 42 deaths | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 42 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 42 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 43 deaths | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 45 deaths | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 45 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 46 deaths | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 46 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 45 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 45 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 44 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 43 deaths | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 42 deaths | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 41 deaths | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 40 deaths | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 38 deaths | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 37 deaths | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 35 deaths | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 33 deaths | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 32 deaths | -3.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 32 deaths is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 788 deaths, 4% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 32 deaths is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 366.5 deaths, 9% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.4 deaths | 53 deaths | 75 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.5 deaths | 42 deaths | 50 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.7 deaths | 40 deaths | 46 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 35 deaths | 32 deaths | 38 deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa?
- Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths in Samoa was 32 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of neonatal, infant and child deaths recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 75 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal, infant and child deaths recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 deaths in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?
- Samoa ranks 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal, infant and child deaths rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .