Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa
Samoa: Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years was 1.1 per 1,000 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000.
Analysis
The most recent figure for probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa is 1.1 per 1,000, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa peaked at 6.4 per 1,000 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.1 per 1,000, in 2022.
Samoa ranks 105th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa, year by year
| Year | per 1,000 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.9 per 1,000 | — |
| 1991 | 3.8 per 1,000 | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 3.7 per 1,000 | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 3.6 per 1,000 | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 3.5 per 1,000 | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 3.5 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3.4 per 1,000 | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 3.3 per 1,000 | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 3.2 per 1,000 | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 3.1 per 1,000 | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 3.1 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3 per 1,000 | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 2.9 per 1,000 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 2.8 per 1,000 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 2.8 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.7 per 1,000 | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 2.6 per 1,000 | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.5 per 1,000 | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 2.4 per 1,000 | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 6.4 per 1,000 | +166.7% |
| 2010 | 2.1 per 1,000 | -67.2% |
| 2011 | 2 per 1,000 | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.9 per 1,000 | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 1.8 per 1,000 | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.7 per 1,000 | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.6 per 1,000 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 1.5 per 1,000 | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 1.4 per 1,000 | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.3 per 1,000 | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 2.4 per 1,000 | +84.6% |
| 2020 | 1.2 per 1,000 | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 1.2 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.1 per 1,000 | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 1.1 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.1 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5 per 1,000 | 3.1 per 1,000 | 3.9 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.12 per 1,000 | 2.4 per 1,000 | 6.4 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 per 1,000 | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2.4 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 per 1,000 | 1.1 per 1,000 | 1.2 per 1,000 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 105 Belize 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 British Virgin Islands 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Croatia 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Cuba 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Libya 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Mexico 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Nicaragua 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1 per 1,000 compare
- 105 Tonga 1.1 per 1,000 compare
More education data for Samoa
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,964 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1154 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,558 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 6.79 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13,154 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2124 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,810 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0156 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,165 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa?
- Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years in Samoa was 1.1 per 1,000 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4 per 1,000 in 2009.
- What is the lowest probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 per 1,000 in 2022.
- How does Samoa rank for probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years?
- Samoa ranks 105th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. 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 Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability of dying between age 5-9 years of age expressed per 1,000 children aged 5, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.