Brazil vs Panama: Child mortality
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Panama
1.53 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
102nd
Panama rank
99th
Child mortality over time
- Brazil
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 99th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 20 and Panama in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1810s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1820s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1830s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1840s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1850s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1860s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1870s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1880s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1890s | 41.73 deaths per 100 live births | 40.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1900s | 41.41 deaths per 100 live births | 40.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1910s | 40.57 deaths per 100 live births | 39.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1920s | 39.59 deaths per 100 live births | 36.28 deaths per 100 live births | 3.31 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1930s | 24.68 deaths per 100 live births | 30.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1940s | 23.43 deaths per 100 live births | 18.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1950s | 19.74 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 8.8 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1960s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | 6.85 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3724 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.075 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0663 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Brazil or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Brazil and Panama?
- 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Panama?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Panama rank globally for child mortality?
- Brazil ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 99th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.