Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.03% to 12.8 in Panama in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Panama reached an all time high of 66.7 in 1960 and an all time low of 12.8 in 2019. When compared to Panama's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Colombia amounted to 11.7, 7.20 in Costa Rica, 14.4 in Honduras and 14.3 in Nicaragua in 2019.
Panama has been ranked 91st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 14.6 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 7.90 | 7.70 | 7.60 | 7.50 | 7.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 24.6 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 22.2 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | 17.1 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 17.3 | 16.6 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Panama | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 15.4 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.1 |
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