Brazil vs Panama: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Brazil
15.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama
16.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
100th
Panama rank
97th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Brazil
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 16.6 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 100th and Panama ranks 97th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Panama in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Panama Difference Ahead
1960s 163.56 per 1,000 live births 87.71 per 1,000 live births 75.85 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1970s 127.13 per 1,000 live births 58.99 per 1,000 live births 68.14 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1980s 86.26 per 1,000 live births 40.23 per 1,000 live births 46.03 per 1,000 live births Brazil
1990s 54.45 per 1,000 live births 30.85 per 1,000 live births 23.6 per 1,000 live births Brazil
2000s 28.94 per 1,000 live births 24.43 per 1,000 live births 4.51 per 1,000 live births Brazil
2010s 18.31 per 1,000 live births 18.77 per 1,000 live births 0.46 per 1,000 live births Panama
2020s 16.14 per 1,000 live births 16.52 per 1,000 live births 0.38 per 1,000 live births Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Brazil or Panama?
Panama, at 16.6 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Brazil and Panama?
0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Panama?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Panama rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Brazil ranks 100th and Panama ranks 97th 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, under-5, male (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, under-5, male (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

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.