Honduras vs Panama: Child mortality
Honduras
1.5 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Panama
1.53 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Honduras rank
100th
Panama rank
99th
Child mortality over time
- Honduras
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in Honduras, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Panama ahead.
Honduras ranks 100th and Panama ranks 99th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 11 and Panama in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1810s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1820s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1830s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1840s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1850s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1860s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1870s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1880s | 39.35 deaths per 100 live births | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1890s | 39.33 deaths per 100 live births | 40.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1900s | 39.03 deaths per 100 live births | 40.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1910s | 38.24 deaths per 100 live births | 39.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9739 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1920s | 37.31 deaths per 100 live births | 36.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1930s | 34.45 deaths per 100 live births | 30.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.57 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1940s | 29.43 deaths per 100 live births | 18.98 deaths per 100 live births | 10.45 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1950s | 24.33 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 13.39 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1960s | 17.84 deaths per 100 live births | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | 9.56 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1970s | 12.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 6.98 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1980s | 7.71 deaths per 100 live births | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 4.01 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1990s | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2000s | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8461 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2010s | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.358 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2020s | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0768 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Honduras or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in Honduras as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Honduras and Panama?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Panama?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Honduras and Panama rank globally for child mortality?
- Honduras ranks 100th 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.