Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa
Samoa: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 7 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Samoa recorded 7 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa peaked at 31 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2017.
That places Samoa 166th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18 | — |
| 1991 | 17 | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14 | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 13 | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 31 | +158.3% |
| 2010 | 10 | -67.7% |
| 2011 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 | +85.7% |
| 2020 | 7 | -46.2% |
| 2021 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.3 | 15 | 18 | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.5 | 12 | 31 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 163 Belize 9 compare
- 163 Cape Verde 9 compare
- 163 Mauritius 9 compare
- 166 Brunei Darussalam 7 compare
- 166 Cyprus 7 compare
- 166 Estonia 7 compare
- 166 Sao Tome and Principe 7 compare
More education data for Samoa
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,558 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.04 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Samoa was 7 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 5-9 years recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 31 in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2017.
- How does Samoa rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Samoa ranks 166th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. 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 5-9 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years