Mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa
Samoa: Mortality rate, neonatal was 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa, 1989–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa stood at 5.8 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa peaked at 13.4 per 1,000 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 5.8 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Samoa ranks 118th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.86 per 1,000 live births | 9 per 1,000 live births | 12.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | 7.6 per 1,000 live births | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.31 per 1,000 live births | 6.8 per 1,000 live births | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2 per 1,000 live births | 5.8 per 1,000 live births | 6.6 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 115 British Virgin Islands 6.4 per 1,000 live births compare
- 115 Sao Tome and Principe 6.4 per 1,000 live births compare
- 117 Colombia 6.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 118 Oman 5.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 120 Brunei 5.7 per 1,000 live births compare
- 121 Nicaragua 5.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 121 Panama 5.3 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Samoa
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 2,744 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 2,747 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 2,878 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 2,735 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 2,933 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 43,051 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 2,754 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 2,799 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 2,938 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 2,877 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Samoa was 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 13.4 per 1,000 live births in 1989.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Samoa ranks 118th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.