Chile vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate
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 over time
- Chile
- Uruguay
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 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 200 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 40.4 deaths per 100 live births | 15.35 deaths per 100 live births | 25.05 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1930s | 39.41 deaths per 100 live births | 14.38 deaths per 100 live births | 25.04 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1940s | 29.06 deaths per 100 live births | 10.1 deaths per 100 live births | 18.96 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 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, 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 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?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
- 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.