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Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa

Samoa: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.5839 deaths per 100 live births
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
120th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 1989
All-time low
0.5839 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Years of data
36
1989–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa, 1989–2024

00.511.51989200620241989: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1990: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1991: 1.2 deaths per 100 live births1992: 1.2 deaths per 100 live births1993: 1.1 deaths per 100 live births1994: 1.1 deaths per 100 live births1995: 1.1 deaths per 100 live births1996: 1 deaths per 100 live births1997: 0.972 deaths per 100 live births1998: 0.935 deaths per 100 live births1999: 0.898 deaths per 100 live births2000: 0.864 deaths per 100 live births2001: 0.835 deaths per 100 live births2002: 0.809 deaths per 100 live births2003: 0.787 deaths per 100 live births2004: 0.772 deaths per 100 live births2005: 0.763 deaths per 100 live births2006: 0.76 deaths per 100 live births2007: 0.762 deaths per 100 live births2008: 0.765 deaths per 100 live births2009: 0.779 deaths per 100 live births2010: 0.769 deaths per 100 live births2011: 0.768 deaths per 100 live births2012: 0.759 deaths per 100 live births2013: 0.749 deaths per 100 live births2014: 0.738 deaths per 100 live births2015: 0.725 deaths per 100 live births2016: 0.715 deaths per 100 live births2017: 0.702 deaths per 100 live births2018: 0.688 deaths per 100 live births2019: 0.678 deaths per 100 live births2020: 0.655 deaths per 100 live births2021: 0.639 deaths per 100 live births2022: 0.622 deaths per 100 live births2023: 0.603 deaths per 100 live births2024: 0.584 deaths per 100 live births

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Samoa peaked at 1.34 deaths per 100 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Samoa 120th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa, year by year

Year deaths per 100 live births Change
1989 1.34 deaths per 100 live births —
1990 1.29 deaths per 100 live births -3.5%
1991 1.25 deaths per 100 live births -3.7%
1992 1.2 deaths per 100 live births -3.8%
1993 1.15 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
1994 1.1 deaths per 100 live births -4.4%
1995 1.05 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
1996 1.01 deaths per 100 live births -3.9%
1997 0.9723 deaths per 100 live births -4.0%
1998 0.9351 deaths per 100 live births -3.8%
1999 0.8979 deaths per 100 live births -4.0%
2000 0.8644 deaths per 100 live births -3.7%
2001 0.8354 deaths per 100 live births -3.4%
2002 0.8094 deaths per 100 live births -3.1%
2003 0.7872 deaths per 100 live births -2.7%
2004 0.7719 deaths per 100 live births -2.0%
2005 0.7627 deaths per 100 live births -1.2%
2006 0.7596 deaths per 100 live births -0.4%
2007 0.762 deaths per 100 live births +0.3%
2008 0.7653 deaths per 100 live births +0.4%
2009 0.7787 deaths per 100 live births +1.8%
2010 0.7693 deaths per 100 live births -1.2%
2011 0.7683 deaths per 100 live births -0.1%
2012 0.7588 deaths per 100 live births -1.2%
2013 0.7487 deaths per 100 live births -1.3%
2014 0.7385 deaths per 100 live births -1.4%
2015 0.7254 deaths per 100 live births -1.8%
2016 0.7155 deaths per 100 live births -1.4%
2017 0.7023 deaths per 100 live births -1.8%
2018 0.6875 deaths per 100 live births -2.1%
2019 0.6777 deaths per 100 live births -1.4%
2020 0.6551 deaths per 100 live births -3.3%
2021 0.6391 deaths per 100 live births -2.4%
2022 0.6217 deaths per 100 live births -2.7%
2023 0.603 deaths per 100 live births -3.0%
2024 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births -3.2%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7725 deaths per 100 live births, 76% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births, 67% of the median. (30 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 1
1990s 1.09 deaths per 100 live births 0.8979 deaths per 100 live births 1.29 deaths per 100 live births 10
2000s 0.7897 deaths per 100 live births 0.7596 deaths per 100 live births 0.8644 deaths per 100 live births 10
2010s 0.7292 deaths per 100 live births 0.6777 deaths per 100 live births 0.7693 deaths per 100 live births 10
2020s 0.6205 deaths per 100 live births 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births 0.6551 deaths per 100 live births 5

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 117 British Virgin Islands 0.6436 deaths per 100 live births compare
  2. 118 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births compare
  3. 119 Colombia 0.6264 deaths per 100 live births compare
  4. 121 Oman 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births compare
  5. 122 Brunei 0.568 deaths per 100 live births compare
  6. 123 Nicaragua 0.531 deaths per 100 live births compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Samoa?
Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa was 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 1.34 deaths per 100 live births in 1989.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Samoa rank for neonatal mortality rate?
Samoa ranks 120th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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 Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Neonatal 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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .