Kuwait vs Nauru: Child mortality rate
Kuwait
0.81 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nauru
0.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Nauru rank
137th
Child mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Nauru
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 0.83 deaths per 100 live births against 0.81 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Nauru has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 139th and Nauru ranks 137th of 200 countries.
Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 7.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5.74 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 | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 2010s | 0.947 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.92 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
| 2020s | 0.852 deaths per 100 live births | 0.944 deaths per 100 live births | 0.092 deaths per 100 live births | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Kuwait or Nauru?
- Nauru, at 0.83 deaths per 100 live births against 0.81 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Kuwait and Nauru?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Nauru?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Nauru rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and Nauru ranks 137th 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.