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

Panama
16.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
16.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama rank
97th
Samoa rank
99th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Panama
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 16.6 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

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

Panama ranks 97th and Samoa ranks 99th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Panama Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 87.71 per 1,000 live births 97.87 per 1,000 live births 10.16 per 1,000 live births Samoa
1970s 58.99 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births 3.31 per 1,000 live births Samoa
1980s 40.23 per 1,000 live births 39.66 per 1,000 live births 0.57 per 1,000 live births Panama
1990s 30.85 per 1,000 live births 27.98 per 1,000 live births 2.87 per 1,000 live births Panama
2000s 24.43 per 1,000 live births 22 per 1,000 live births 2.43 per 1,000 live births Panama
2010s 18.77 per 1,000 live births 20.37 per 1,000 live births 1.6 per 1,000 live births Samoa
2020s 16.52 per 1,000 live births 17.32 per 1,000 live births 0.8 per 1,000 live births Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Panama or Samoa?
Panama, at 16.6 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Panama and Samoa?
0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Panama and Samoa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Panama ranks 97th and Samoa ranks 99th 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, 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
243 places, 13,475 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.