What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Panama and Samoa?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Panama vs Samoa: Mortality rate, neonatal

Panama

5.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Samoa

5.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Panama rank

122nd

Samoa rank

119th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Panama
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 5.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.3 per 1,000 live births in Panama, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 122nd and Samoa ranks 119th of 196 countries.

Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	16.4 per 1,000 live births	13.4 per 1,000 live births	3 per 1,000 live births	Panama
1990s	14.37 per 1,000 live births	10.86 per 1,000 live births	3.51 per 1,000 live births	Panama
2000s	10.49 per 1,000 live births	7.9 per 1,000 live births	2.59 per 1,000 live births	Panama
2010s	7.59 per 1,000 live births	7.31 per 1,000 live births	0.28 per 1,000 live births	Panama
2020s	6.68 per 1,000 live births	6.2 per 1,000 live births	0.48 per 1,000 live births	Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Panama or Samoa?: Samoa, at 5.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.3 per 1,000 live births in Panama as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Panama and Samoa?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Panama and Samoa rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Panama ranks 122nd and Samoa ranks 119th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.