Health in Samoa

294 indicators covering health for Samoa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Hospital beds 0.95 per 1,000 people 2005 144th
Incidence of tuberculosis 5.5 per 100,000 people 2024 down 50.0% 169th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 100.0% 2024 up 11.2% 1st
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 97.5% 2024 up 2.3% 72nd
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.5% 2024 up 206.3% 65th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 99.3% 2024 up 8.9% 45th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 97.0% 2024 up 2.8% 51st
People using at least basic drinking water services 99.4% 2024 up 9.3% 71st
People using safely managed drinking water services 62.5% 2024 up 2.3% 101st
People practicing open defecation, rural 0.1% 2024 down 14.4% 97th
People using at least basic sanitation services 97.1% 2024 up 2.7% 85th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 100.0% 2024 unchanged 4th
People practicing open defecation 0.2% 2024 up 37.4% 103rd
Current health expenditure 6.8% 2023 up 9.1% 91st
Current health expenditure per capita 292.81 current US$ 2023 up 18.3% 116th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 13.4% 2023 up 21.2% 151st
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 39.29 current US$ 2023 up 43.4% 137th
Domestic general government health expenditure 69.2% 2023 up 6.8% 55th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 328.53 current international $ 2023 up 51.3% 120th
Domestic private health expenditure 14.2% 2023 up 21.1% 175th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 474.51 current international $ 2023 up 41.6% 133rd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 41.68 current US$ 2023 up 43.3% 144th
People using safely managed sanitation services 44.1% 2024 up 6.5% 93rd
Immunization, Hib3 85.0% 2024 up 4.9% 129th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 1.49 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 100th
Reported cases of measles 0 Cases 2024 down 100.0% 146th
Child mortality by income level of country 1.49 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 100th
Number of infant deaths 67 2024 down 25.6% 162nd
Number of under-five deaths 82 2024 down 26.1% 162nd
Number of neonatal deaths 32 2024 down 28.9% 167th
Child mortality vs. health spending 1.49 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 19.5% 100th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 85.0% 2024 unchanged 127th
Adolescent fertility rate 43.53 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 15.1% 78th
Sex ratio at birth 1.08 male births per female births 2024 down 0.1% 13th
Domestic general government health expenditure 14.6% 2023 up 11.5% 49th
External health expenditure 16.5% 2023 down 29.5% 44th
External health expenditure per capita 48.4 current US$ 2023 down 16.5% 12th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 78.44 current international $ 2023 down 0.1% 17th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 21.9% 2023 up 16.5% 129th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 21.7% 2023 up 19.2% 129th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 25.1% 2023 down 2.0% 127th
Stillbirth rate 8.4 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 11.6% 92nd
Life expectancy vs. health spending 71.7 years 2023 up 0.7% 155th
Prevalence of undernourishment 3.6% 2023 down 14.3% 97th
Immunization, measles second dose 60.0% 2024 down 11.8% 155th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 100.0% 2023 up 20.5% 1st
Prevalence of hypertension, female 37.9% 2019 up 15.5% 100th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 38.6% 2019 up 7.5% 80th
Prevalence of hypertension 38.3% 2019 up 11.0% 92nd
Treatment for hypertension, female 20.6% 2019 down 1.0% 181st
Treatment for hypertension, male 20.3% 2019 up 11.5% 158th
Treatment for hypertension 20.3% 2019 up 5.2% 174th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 20 2024 unchanged 170th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 3 2024 down 25.0% 165th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 4 2024 down 20.0% 165th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 2 2024 unchanged 170th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 4 2024 unchanged 168th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 7 2024 unchanged 170th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 13 2024 unchanged 170th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 5 2024 unchanged 169th