Bahrain vs Kuwait: Infant mortality by sex
Bahrain
0.7528 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
0.7542 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
140th
Kuwait rank
139th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.7542 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7528 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain, a difference of 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 139th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 4 and Kuwait in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17.57 deaths per 100 live births | 13.13 deaths per 100 live births | 4.44 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 4.73 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0798 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0958 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2886 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 0.917 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1529 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.6705 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8757 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2051 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.7177 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7938 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0761 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Bahrain or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 0.7542 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7528 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Kuwait rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Bahrain ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 139th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .