Brazil vs Panama: Mortality rate, under-5
Brazil
14.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
100th
Panama rank
97th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Brazil
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 100th and Panama ranks 97th of 196 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 | 151.23 per 1,000 live births | 82.77 per 1,000 live births | 68.46 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 116.71 per 1,000 live births | 54.9 per 1,000 live births | 61.81 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 79.23 per 1,000 live births | 37.05 per 1,000 live births | 42.18 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 49.51 per 1,000 live births | 28.26 per 1,000 live births | 21.25 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 26.06 per 1,000 live births | 22.35 per 1,000 live births | 3.71 per 1,000 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 16.51 per 1,000 live births | 17.27 per 1,000 live births | 0.76 per 1,000 live births | Panama |
| 2020s | 14.56 per 1,000 live births | 15.24 per 1,000 live births | 0.68 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, Brazil or Panama?
- Panama, at 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Brazil and Panama?
- 1.1 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?
- Brazil ranks 100th and Panama ranks 97th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.