Chile vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita

Chile
0.68 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.74 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st

Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Chile
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.74 deaths per 100 live births against 0.68 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Uruguay Difference Ahead
1950s 18.11 deaths per 100 live births 6.2 deaths per 100 live births 11.91 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1960s 11.89 deaths per 100 live births 5.87 deaths per 100 live births 6.02 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1970s 6.32 deaths per 100 live births 5.23 deaths per 100 live births 1.09 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1980s 2.46 deaths per 100 live births 3 deaths per 100 live births 0.544 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1990s 1.43 deaths per 100 live births 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 0.682 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2000s 0.942 deaths per 100 live births 1.45 deaths per 100 live births 0.504 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2010s 0.796 deaths per 100 live births 0.907 deaths per 100 live births 0.111 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2020s 0.68 deaths per 100 live births 0.734 deaths per 100 live births 0.054 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Chile or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.74 deaths per 100 live births against 0.68 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Chile and Uruguay?
0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Uruguay?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
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
200 places, 13,286 data points, 1950–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.