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Under-five mortality rate — Panama

Under-five mortality rate in Panama in 2024 — 15.3 per 1,000. Ranked 100 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.7%.

2024 15.3 per 1,000 +1.32% vs 2023
World rank 100of 196
Period maximum 93.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 15.1 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Panama, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.9 per 1,0001962: 88.7 per 1,0001964: 83.8 per 1,0001966: 79.2 per 1,0001968: 74.5 per 1,0001970: 68.6 per 1,0001972: 61.5 per 1,0001974: 54.7 per 1,0001976: 49.8 per 1,0001978: 46.4 per 1,0001980: 43.6 per 1,0001982: 40.6 per 1,0001984: 37.4 per 1,0001986: 34.6 per 1,0001988: 32.3 per 1,0001990: 30.4 per 1,0001992: 29.1 per 1,0001994: 28.3 per 1,0001996: 27.7 per 1,0001998: 26.9 per 1,0002000: 25.7 per 1,0002002: 24.2 per 1,0002004: 22.6 per 1,0002006: 21.2 per 1,0002008: 19.8 per 1,0002010: 18.7 per 1,0002012: 17.9 per 1,0002014: 17.3 per 1,0002016: 17 per 1,0002018: 16.3 per 1,0002020: 15.5 per 1,0002022: 15.1 per 1,0002024: 15.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −78.6 (−83.71%) Average annual rate: -2.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Panama 15.3 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
Central America computed 13.8 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 15.3 +0.2 +1.32%
2023 15.1 +0 +0%
2022 15.1 −0.1 −0.66%
2021 15.2 −0.3 −1.94%
2020 15.5 −0.4 −2.52%
2019 15.9 −0.4 −2.45%
2018 16.3 −0.4 −2.4%
2017 16.7 −0.3 −1.76%
2016 17 −0.1 −0.58%
2015 17.1 −0.2 −1.16%
2014 17.3 −0.2 −1.14%
2013 17.5 −0.4 −2.23%
2012 17.9 −0.4 −2.19%
2011 18.3 −0.4 −2.14%
2010 18.7 −0.5 −2.6%
2009 19.2 −0.6 −3.03%
2008 19.8 −0.7 −3.41%
2007 20.5 −0.7 −3.3%
2006 21.2 −0.7 −3.2%
2005 21.9 −0.7 −3.1%
2004 22.6 −0.8 −3.42%
2003 23.4 −0.8 −3.31%
2002 24.2 −0.8 −3.2%
2001 25 −0.7 −2.72%
2000 25.7 −0.7 −2.65%
1999 26.4 −0.5 −1.86%
1998 26.9 −0.5 −1.82%
1997 27.4 −0.3 −1.08%
1996 27.7 −0.3 −1.07%
1995 28 −0.3 −1.06%
1994 28.3 −0.4 −1.39%
1993 28.7 −0.4 −1.37%
1992 29.1 −0.6 −2.02%
1991 29.7 −0.7 −2.3%
1990 30.4 −0.9 −2.88%
1989 31.3 −1 −3.1%
1988 32.3 −1.1 −3.29%
1987 33.4 −1.2 −3.47%
1986 34.6 −1.4 −3.89%
1985 36 −1.4 −3.74%
1984 37.4 −1.7 −4.35%
1983 39.1 −1.5 −3.69%
1982 40.6 −1.6 −3.79%
1981 42.2 −1.4 −3.21%
1980 43.6 −1.4 −3.11%
1979 45 −1.4 −3.02%
1978 46.4 −1.5 −3.13%
1977 47.9 −1.9 −3.82%
1976 49.8 −2.2 −4.23%
1975 52 −2.7 −4.94%
1974 54.7 −3.3 −5.69%
1973 58 −3.5 −5.69%
1972 61.5 −3.6 −5.53%
1971 65.1 −3.5 −5.1%
1970 68.6 −3.2 −4.46%
1969 71.8 −2.7 −3.62%
1968 74.5 −2.5 −3.25%
1967 77 −2.2 −2.78%
1966 79.2 −2.2 −2.7%
1965 81.4 −2.4 −2.86%
1964 83.8 −2.3 −2.67%
1963 86.1 −2.6 −2.93%
1962 88.7 −2.6 −2.85%
1961 91.3 −2.6 −2.77%
1960 93.9 — —

Central America, 2024

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

SV El Salvador 10 CR Costa Rica 10.4 NI Nicaragua 11.2 BZ Belize 12.7 MX Mexico 13.1 HN Honduras 15 PA Panama 15.3 GT Guatemala 20.5
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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