Youth mortality rate in Samoa
Samoa: Youth mortality rate was 1.7 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth mortality rate in Samoa, 1990–2024
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 1.7 deaths per 100 live births for youth mortality rate 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 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth mortality rate in Samoa peaked at 3.55 deaths per 100 live births in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.7 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Samoa 101st 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 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.6 deaths per 100 live births | 3.44 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 3.55 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.44 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 98 Panama 1.84 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 99 Morocco 1.79 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 100 Mauritius 1.7 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 102 Brazil 1.69 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 103 Mongolia 1.65 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 104 Sao Tome and Principe 1.64 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 youth mortality rate in Samoa?
- Youth mortality rate in Samoa was 1.7 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 youth mortality rate recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.55 deaths per 100 live births in 2009.
- What is the lowest youth mortality rate recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for youth mortality rate?
- Samoa ranks 101st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth mortality rate rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. 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 Youth 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 under fifteen years, per 100 live births.