Malaysia vs Uruguay: Mortality rate, infant, female
Malaysia
6.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malaysia rank
139th
Uruguay rank
142nd
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Malaysia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 6.3 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.97 per 1,000 live births | 46.62 per 1,000 live births | 1.35 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 28.9 per 1,000 live births | 41.86 per 1,000 live births | 12.96 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 15.23 per 1,000 live births | 23.57 per 1,000 live births | 8.34 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 9.15 per 1,000 live births | 16.14 per 1,000 live births | 6.99 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 6.07 per 1,000 live births | 10.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.87 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 6 per 1,000 live births | 6.74 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 6.24 per 1,000 live births | 5.38 per 1,000 live births | 0.86 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Malaysia or Uruguay?
- Malaysia, at 6.3 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Malaysia and Uruguay?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Uruguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Uruguay rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Malaysia ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.