Mexico vs Panama: Mortality rate, infant

Mexico
12.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama
12 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mexico rank
101st
Panama rank
102nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Mexico
  • Panama
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Panama, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 101st and Panama ranks 102nd of 197 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Panama Difference Ahead
1960s 94.44 per 1,000 live births 59.22 per 1,000 live births 35.22 per 1,000 live births Mexico
1970s 71.7 per 1,000 live births 41.52 per 1,000 live births 30.18 per 1,000 live births Mexico
1980s 48.92 per 1,000 live births 28.97 per 1,000 live births 19.95 per 1,000 live births Mexico
1990s 31.26 per 1,000 live births 22.42 per 1,000 live births 8.84 per 1,000 live births Mexico
2000s 20.21 per 1,000 live births 17.81 per 1,000 live births 2.4 per 1,000 live births Mexico
2010s 15.28 per 1,000 live births 13.73 per 1,000 live births 1.55 per 1,000 live births Mexico
2020s 12.76 per 1,000 live births 12 per 1,000 live births 0.76 per 1,000 live births Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Mexico or Panama?
Mexico, at 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Panama as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mexico and Panama?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Panama?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Panama rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Mexico ranks 101st and Panama ranks 102nd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.