Honduras vs Panama: Mortality rate, under-5

Honduras
15 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Honduras rank
98th
Panama rank
97th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Honduras
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 15 per 1,000 live births in Honduras, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Honduras ahead.

Honduras ranks 98th and Panama ranks 97th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Panama Difference Ahead
1960s 178.35 per 1,000 live births 82.77 per 1,000 live births 95.58 per 1,000 live births Honduras
1970s 124.68 per 1,000 live births 54.9 per 1,000 live births 69.78 per 1,000 live births Honduras
1980s 77.11 per 1,000 live births 37.05 per 1,000 live births 40.06 per 1,000 live births Honduras
1990s 50.42 per 1,000 live births 28.26 per 1,000 live births 22.16 per 1,000 live births Honduras
2000s 30.81 per 1,000 live births 22.35 per 1,000 live births 8.46 per 1,000 live births Honduras
2010s 20.83 per 1,000 live births 17.27 per 1,000 live births 3.56 per 1,000 live births Honduras
2020s 16.02 per 1,000 live births 15.24 per 1,000 live births 0.78 per 1,000 live births Honduras

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Honduras or Panama?
Panama, at 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 15 per 1,000 live births in Honduras as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Honduras and Panama?
0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Panama?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Honduras and Panama rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Honduras ranks 98th 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (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, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.