What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Panama and Samoa?

0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Panama vs Samoa: Youth mortality rate

Panama

1.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Samoa

1.7 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Panama rank

98th

Samoa rank

101st

Youth mortality rate over time

Panama
Samoa

How they compare

Panama currently reports 1.84 deaths per 100 live births against 1.7 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 98th and Samoa ranks 101st of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.26 deaths per 100 live births	3.01 deaths per 100 live births	0.2524 deaths per 100 live births	Panama
2000s	2.6 deaths per 100 live births	2.46 deaths per 100 live births	0.139 deaths per 100 live births	Panama
2010s	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	2.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.0832 deaths per 100 live births	Samoa
2020s	1.84 deaths per 100 live births	1.8 deaths per 100 live births	0.0363 deaths per 100 live births	Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Panama or Samoa?: Panama, at 1.84 deaths per 100 live births against 1.7 deaths per 100 live births in Samoa as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Panama and Samoa?: 0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Samoa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Panama and Samoa rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Panama ranks 98th and Samoa ranks 101st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.