Kuwait vs Nauru: Child mortality
Kuwait
0.8104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nauru
0.8261 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
140th
Nauru rank
139th
Child mortality over time
- Kuwait
- Nauru
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 0.8261 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0157 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 140th and Nauru ranks 139th of 203 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Nauru in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17.66 deaths per 100 live births | 11.87 deaths per 100 live births | 5.79 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 10.49 deaths per 100 live births | 9.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5599 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 8.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.11 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 1980s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 7.69 deaths per 100 live births | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 2000s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 2010s | 0.9476 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9201 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 2020s | 0.8511 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9457 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0946 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Kuwait or Nauru?
- Nauru, at 0.8261 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Kuwait and Nauru?
- 0.0157 deaths per 100 live births, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Nauru?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Nauru rank globally for child mortality?
- Kuwait ranks 140th and Nauru ranks 139th 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.