Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Panama

Infant mortality rate in Panama in 2024 — 12 per 1,000. Ranked 93 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 81.6%.

2024 12 per 1,000 +0.84% vs 2023
World rank 93of 196
Period maximum 65.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 11.9 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Panama, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.1 per 1,0001962: 62.5 per 1,0001964: 59.9 per 1,0001966: 57.4 per 1,0001968: 54.7 per 1,0001970: 50.9 per 1,0001972: 46.1 per 1,0001974: 41.4 per 1,0001976: 38 per 1,0001978: 35.7 per 1,0001980: 33.8 per 1,0001982: 31.6 per 1,0001984: 29.3 per 1,0001986: 27.2 per 1,0001988: 25.4 per 1,0001990: 24 per 1,0001992: 23 per 1,0001994: 22.5 per 1,0001996: 22 per 1,0001998: 21.4 per 1,0002000: 20.5 per 1,0002002: 19.3 per 1,0002004: 18 per 1,0002006: 16.9 per 1,0002008: 15.8 per 1,0002010: 14.9 per 1,0002012: 14.2 per 1,0002014: 13.8 per 1,0002016: 13.5 per 1,0002018: 12.9 per 1,0002020: 12.2 per 1,0002022: 11.9 per 1,0002024: 12 per 1,000
Change over the period: −53.1 (−81.57%) Average annual rate: -2.61 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama 12 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Central America computed 12.3 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12 +0.1 +0.84%
2023 11.9 +0 +0%
2022 11.9 −0.1 −0.83%
2021 12 −0.2 −1.64%
2020 12.2 −0.4 −3.17%
2019 12.6 −0.3 −2.33%
2018 12.9 −0.4 −3.01%
2017 13.3 −0.2 −1.48%
2016 13.5 −0.1 −0.74%
2015 13.6 −0.2 −1.45%
2014 13.8 −0.2 −1.43%
2013 14 −0.2 −1.41%
2012 14.2 −0.3 −2.07%
2011 14.5 −0.4 −2.68%
2010 14.9 −0.4 −2.61%
2009 15.3 −0.5 −3.16%
2008 15.8 −0.5 −3.07%
2007 16.3 −0.6 −3.55%
2006 16.9 −0.5 −2.87%
2005 17.4 −0.6 −3.33%
2004 18 −0.7 −3.74%
2003 18.7 −0.6 −3.11%
2002 19.3 −0.6 −3.02%
2001 19.9 −0.6 −2.93%
2000 20.5 −0.5 −2.38%
1999 21 −0.4 −1.87%
1998 21.4 −0.4 −1.83%
1997 21.8 −0.2 −0.91%
1996 22 −0.3 −1.35%
1995 22.3 −0.2 −0.89%
1994 22.5 −0.2 −0.88%
1993 22.7 −0.3 −1.3%
1992 23 −0.5 −2.13%
1991 23.5 −0.5 −2.08%
1990 24 −0.7 −2.83%
1989 24.7 −0.7 −2.76%
1988 25.4 −0.9 −3.42%
1987 26.3 −0.9 −3.31%
1986 27.2 −1 −3.55%
1985 28.2 −1.1 −3.75%
1984 29.3 −1.2 −3.93%
1983 30.5 −1.1 −3.48%
1982 31.6 −1.1 −3.36%
1981 32.7 −1.1 −3.25%
1980 33.8 −0.9 −2.59%
1979 34.7 −1 −2.8%
1978 35.7 −1 −2.72%
1977 36.7 −1.3 −3.42%
1976 38 −1.5 −3.8%
1975 39.5 −1.9 −4.59%
1974 41.4 −2.2 −5.05%
1973 43.6 −2.5 −5.42%
1972 46.1 −2.5 −5.14%
1971 48.6 −2.3 −4.52%
1970 50.9 −2.1 −3.96%
1969 53 −1.7 −3.11%
1968 54.7 −1.4 −2.5%
1967 56.1 −1.3 −2.26%
1966 57.4 −1.2 −2.05%
1965 58.6 −1.3 −2.17%
1964 59.9 −1.2 −1.96%
1963 61.1 −1.4 −2.24%
1962 62.5 −1.3 −2.04%
1961 63.8 −1.3 −2%
1960 65.1

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.