Mauritius vs Samoa: Mortality rate, under-5

Mauritius
15.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritius rank
96th
Samoa rank
99th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Mauritius
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 15.4 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Mauritius ranks 96th and Samoa ranks 99th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.