Cook Islands vs Panama: Infant mortality by sex
Cook Islands
1.28 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Panama
1.3 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
106th
Panama rank
105th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Cook Islands
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.3 deaths per 100 live births against 1.28 deaths per 100 live births in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 106th and Panama ranks 105th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 6.91 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4987 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 3.48 deaths per 100 live births | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1980s | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | 3.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.728 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 1990s | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3097 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4583 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2202 deaths per 100 live births | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.024 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Cook Islands or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.3 deaths per 100 live births against 1.28 deaths per 100 live births in Cook Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Cook Islands and Panama?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Panama?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Panama rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Cook Islands ranks 106th and Panama ranks 105th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .