Health in Samoa 294 indicators covering health for Samoa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 9 2024 unchanged 171st Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 4 2024 down 20.0% 173rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 9 2024 down 10.0% 174th Number of people who are undernourished 100,000 2023 unchanged 103rd People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 43.5% 2024 up 44.1% 76th External health expenditure channeled through government 16.9% 2023 down 81.3% 110th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 30.3% 2021 up 5.2% 9th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 34.1% 2021 up 3.0% 13th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 32.3% 2021 up 4.2% 8th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.3 per 100,000 population 2021 down 11.8% 123rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.059 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.4% 166th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.2% 104th Suicide mortality rate, female 6.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 0.3% 31st Suicide mortality rate, male 16.97 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.5% 50th Suicide mortality rate 12 per 100,000 population 2021 up 2.0% 46th Nurses and midwives 3.06 per 1,000 people 2020 up 106.3% 111th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 0.8 2020 down 8.0% 126th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 2.35 2020 down 9.3% 128th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 3.87 2020 down 8.5% 128th Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 1.8% 2016 down 37.9% 98th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 10.0% 2016 down 22.5% 75th People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 92.0% 2024 up 6.4% 29th Prevalence of anemia among children 35.5% 2019 down 3.5% 72nd Births attended by skilled health staff 88.9% 2020 up 10.0% 123rd Prevalence of current tobacco use 23.1% 2024 down 16.3% 59th Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 13.8% 2024 down 15.3% 50th Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 32.3% 2024 down 17.0% 66th Physicians 0.561 per 1,000 people 2021 up 69.0% 135th People using safely managed sanitation services, rural 44.3% 2024 up 0.4% 56th Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 474.51 current international $ 2023 up 41.6% 133rd Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 63.68 current international $ 2023 up 71.6% 153rd Domestic general government health expenditure 4.7% 2023 up 16.5% 60th Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 67.54 current international $ 2023 up 71.5% 160th Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 13.4% 2023 up 21.2% 151st Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 202.73 current US$ 2023 up 26.4% 100th Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 69.2% 2023 up 6.8% 55th People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 71.9% 2024 up 29.9% 60th Number of stillbirths 47 2023 down 19.0% 164th Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 6.8% 2023 up 9.1% 91st People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rur 69.4% 2024 up 33.4% 53rd People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 56.3% 2024 up 2.2% 32nd People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urb 83.8% 2024 up 19.7% 49th Capital health expenditure 0.2% 2020 up 1,229.2% 86th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 10.8% 2021 down 13.6% 173rd Cause of death, by injury 6.1% 2021 down 14.6% 106th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 83.1% 2021 up 3.4% 16th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 0.0% 2021 — 116th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 18.6% 2023 down 21.2% 67th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 4.5% 2023 up 32.4% 64th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 13 per 100,000 population 2019 down 56.4% 106th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 8.7 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 55.2% 78th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 17.1 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 56.7% 119th Diarrhea treatment 58.6% 2020 down 13.8% 19th Prevalence of syphilis 0.3% 2019 up 800.0% 66th ← Previous Page 5 of 5