Panama vs Samoa: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Panama
11.68 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Samoa
11.82 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Panama rank
102nd
Samoa rank
101st
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Panama
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 11.82 deaths per 1,000 people against 11.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Panama, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Panama ranks 102nd and Samoa ranks 101st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 72.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 93.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.4 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
| 1960s | 55.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.72 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
| 1970s | 37.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 5 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
| 1980s | 25.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
| 1990s | 19.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 2000s | 15.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3612 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 12.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
| 2020s | 10.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Panama or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 11.82 deaths per 1,000 people against 11.68 deaths per 1,000 people in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Panama and Samoa?
- 0.14 deaths per 1,000 people, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Panama and Samoa rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Panama ranks 102nd and Samoa ranks 101st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.