Brazil vs Panama: Child mortality rate
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Panama
1.53 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Panama rank
98th
Child mortality rate 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 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 101st and Panama ranks 98th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19.74 deaths per 100 live births | 10.97 deaths per 100 live births | 8.77 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 | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.371 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.076 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.068 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, 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 rate 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?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Panama rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Brazil ranks 101st and Panama ranks 98th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.