Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa
Samoa: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.5839 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Samoa, 1989–2024
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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 117 British Virgin Islands 0.6436 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 118 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 119 Colombia 0.6264 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 121 Oman 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 122 Brunei 0.568 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 123 Nicaragua 0.531 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Samoa
- Number of infants who die before age 1 17 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 708.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2,703 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 2,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 2,762 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 2,588 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 2,863 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 2,747 (2025)
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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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .