Kuwait vs Uruguay: Infant mortality by sex
Kuwait
0.7542 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.687 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Uruguay rank
141st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Kuwait
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.7542 deaths per 100 live births against 0.687 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0672 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 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.13 deaths per 100 live births | 6.28 deaths per 100 live births | 6.85 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.36 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | 5.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3821 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6559 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7233 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3204 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.8757 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8582 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0174 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.7938 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6813 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1125 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, Kuwait or Uruguay?
- Kuwait, at 0.7542 deaths per 100 live births against 0.687 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 0.0672 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 infant mortality by sex?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 141st 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 .