Kuwait vs Ukraine: Child mortality
Kuwait
0.8104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ukraine
0.7888 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
140th
Ukraine rank
141st
Child mortality over time
- Kuwait
- Ukraine
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine, a difference of 0.0216 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 140th and Ukraine ranks 141st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 19 and Ukraine in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1810s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1820s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1830s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1840s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1850s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1860s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1870s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1880s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 13.94 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1890s | 50.02 deaths per 100 live births | 36.09 deaths per 100 live births | 13.93 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1900s | 49.64 deaths per 100 live births | 35.81 deaths per 100 live births | 13.83 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1910s | 48.63 deaths per 100 live births | 35.08 deaths per 100 live births | 13.54 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1920s | 47.45 deaths per 100 live births | 27.23 deaths per 100 live births | 20.22 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1930s | 46.28 deaths per 100 live births | 21.44 deaths per 100 live births | 24.84 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1940s | 30.9 deaths per 100 live births | 32.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | Ukraine |
| 1950s | 17.66 deaths per 100 live births | 7.65 deaths per 100 live births | 10 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 10.49 deaths per 100 live births | 4.5 deaths per 100 live births | 5.99 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2848 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4754 deaths per 100 live births | Ukraine |
| 2000s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3142 deaths per 100 live births | Ukraine |
| 2010s | 0.9476 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9822 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0346 deaths per 100 live births | Ukraine |
| 2020s | 0.8511 deaths per 100 live births | 0.82 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0311 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Kuwait or Ukraine?
- Kuwait, at 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Kuwait and Ukraine?
- 0.0216 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Ukraine?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Ukraine rank globally for child mortality?
- Kuwait ranks 140th and Ukraine ranks 141st 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.