Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa
Samoa: Number of deaths ages 15-19 years was 14 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa is 14, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa peaked at 35 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12, in 2020.
Samoa ranks 172nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35 | — |
| 1991 | 33 | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 32 | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 30 | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 28 | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 26 | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 24 | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 22 | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 21 | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 20 | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18 | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 17 | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 25 | +66.7% |
| 2010 | 15 | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 13 | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 14 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 14 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 292, 5% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 14 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 307.5, 5% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +66.7% | 15 | 25 |
| 2010 | -40.0% | 25 | 15 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.1 | 20 | 35 | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.1 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.2 | 12 | 14 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More education data for Samoa
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.98 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.19 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,211 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 397 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2,580 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,585 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 25,964 (2016)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 34,962 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1171 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa?
- Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Samoa was 14 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 35 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for number of deaths ages 15-19 years?
- Samoa ranks 172nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 15-19 years rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Number of deaths ages 15-19 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of adolescents ages 15-19 years