Mauritius vs Samoa: Child mortality vs. health spending

Mauritius

1.54 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Samoa

1.49 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Mauritius rank

97th

Samoa rank

100th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Mauritius
Samoa

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 1.54 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.0505 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Mauritius ahead.

Globally, Mauritius ranks 97th and Samoa ranks 100th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .