Panama vs Samoa: Child mortality
Panama
1.53 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Samoa
1.49 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Panama rank
99th
Samoa rank
101st
Child mortality over time
- Panama
- Samoa
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Samoa ahead.
Panama ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 101st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 16 and Samoa in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 45.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1810s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 42.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1820s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 39.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8109 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1830s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 37.13 deaths per 100 live births | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1840s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 34.66 deaths per 100 live births | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1850s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 8.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1860s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 30.19 deaths per 100 live births | 10.41 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1870s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 28.18 deaths per 100 live births | 12.42 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1880s | 40.6 deaths per 100 live births | 26.3 deaths per 100 live births | 14.3 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1890s | 40.58 deaths per 100 live births | 24.54 deaths per 100 live births | 16.04 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1900s | 40.28 deaths per 100 live births | 22.91 deaths per 100 live births | 17.37 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1910s | 39.21 deaths per 100 live births | 21.38 deaths per 100 live births | 17.83 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1920s | 36.28 deaths per 100 live births | 19.95 deaths per 100 live births | 16.32 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1930s | 30.88 deaths per 100 live births | 18.62 deaths per 100 live births | 12.25 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1940s | 18.98 deaths per 100 live births | 17.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1950s | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1960s | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9573 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1970s | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3053 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 1980s | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0595 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1990s | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2675 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2000s | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2261 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1301 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0549 deaths per 100 live births | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Panama or Samoa?
- Panama, at 1.53 deaths per 100 live births against 1.49 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Panama and Samoa?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Panama and Samoa rank globally for child mortality?
- Panama ranks 99th and Samoa ranks 101st 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.