Kuwait vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate
Kuwait
0.81 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.74 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Uruguay rank
141st
Child mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.81 deaths per 100 live births against 0.74 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.22 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | 8.81 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 10.49 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.124 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.468 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.627 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.259 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.947 deaths per 100 live births | 0.907 deaths per 100 live births | 0.04 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.852 deaths per 100 live births | 0.734 deaths per 100 live births | 0.118 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Kuwait or Uruguay?
- Kuwait, at 0.81 deaths per 100 live births against 0.74 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 139th 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.