Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Uruguay: Child mortality

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.6905 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.7447 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina rank
144th
Uruguay rank
142nd

Child mortality over time

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.0542 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Bosnia and Herzegovina's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Uruguay ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 8 and Uruguay in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bosnia and Herzegovina Uruguay Difference Ahead
1800s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1810s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1820s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1830s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1840s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1850s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1860s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1870s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1880s 37.88 deaths per 100 live births 40.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1890s 37.87 deaths per 100 live births 40.58 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1900s 37.58 deaths per 100 live births 40.28 deaths per 100 live births 2.7 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1910s 36.81 deaths per 100 live births 29.67 deaths per 100 live births 7.14 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1920s 33.23 deaths per 100 live births 15.59 deaths per 100 live births 17.64 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1930s 27.16 deaths per 100 live births 14.11 deaths per 100 live births 13.05 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1940s 22.92 deaths per 100 live births 9.42 deaths per 100 live births 13.5 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1950s 18.41 deaths per 100 live births 6.2 deaths per 100 live births 12.21 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1960s 11.22 deaths per 100 live births 5.87 deaths per 100 live births 5.35 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970s 5.56 deaths per 100 live births 5.23 deaths per 100 live births 0.3352 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980s 2.83 deaths per 100 live births 3.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.172 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1990s 2.4 deaths per 100 live births 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 0.2895 deaths per 100 live births Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s 0.7802 deaths per 100 live births 1.45 deaths per 100 live births 0.6659 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2010s 0.6751 deaths per 100 live births 0.9071 deaths per 100 live births 0.232 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2020s 0.643 deaths per 100 live births 0.7354 deaths per 100 live births 0.0924 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?
0.0542 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality?
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.