What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Panama and Viet Nam?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Panama ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Viet Nam?

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.

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.

Panama vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, infant

Panama

12 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Viet Nam

12 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Panama rank

102nd

Viet Nam rank

102nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Panama
Viet Nam

How they compare

Panama currently reports 12 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Viet Nam has been ahead every year.

Panama ranks 102nd and Viet Nam ranks 102nd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	56.62 per 1,000 live births	64 per 1,000 live births	7.38 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1970s	41.52 per 1,000 live births	58.65 per 1,000 live births	17.13 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1980s	28.97 per 1,000 live births	44.25 per 1,000 live births	15.28 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1990s	22.42 per 1,000 live births	29.88 per 1,000 live births	7.46 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2000s	17.81 per 1,000 live births	19.06 per 1,000 live births	1.25 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2010s	13.73 per 1,000 live births	15.52 per 1,000 live births	1.79 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2020s	12 per 1,000 live births	12.86 per 1,000 live births	0.86 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Panama or Viet Nam?: Panama, at 12 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Panama and Viet Nam?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Viet Nam?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Panama and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Panama ranks 102nd and Viet Nam 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: 03 September 2026

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