Samoa vs Vanuatu: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Samoa
0.0535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Vanuatu
0.0516 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Samoa rank
75th
Vanuatu rank
78th

Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0516 under-five deaths per woman in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 75th and Vanuatu ranks 78th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).