Panama vs Samoa: Mortality rate, under-5
Panama
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Samoa
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Panama rank
97th
Samoa rank
99th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Panama
- Samoa
How they compare
Panama currently reports 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.4 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 | 82.77 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 9.56 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1970s | 54.9 per 1,000 live births | 57.96 per 1,000 live births | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 1980s | 37.05 per 1,000 live births | 36.45 per 1,000 live births | 0.6 per 1,000 live births | Panama |
| 1990s | 28.26 per 1,000 live births | 25.58 per 1,000 live births | 2.68 per 1,000 live births | Panama |
| 2000s | 22.35 per 1,000 live births | 20.09 per 1,000 live births | 2.26 per 1,000 live births | Panama |
| 2010s | 17.27 per 1,000 live births | 18.58 per 1,000 live births | 1.31 per 1,000 live births | Samoa |
| 2020s | 15.24 per 1,000 live births | 15.78 per 1,000 live births | 0.54 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, Panama or Samoa?
- Panama, at 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Panama and Samoa?
- 0.4 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?
- 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 (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.