What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Latin America & Caribbean and Uganda?

22.6 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Uganda?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Latin America & Caribbean vs Uganda: Mortality rate, infant

Latin America & Caribbean

13.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda

35.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latin America & Caribbean rank

32nd

Uganda rank

31st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Latin America & Caribbean
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 35.9 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 22.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Uganda's figure about 2.7 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Uganda ranks 31st of 47 groups.

Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & Caribbean	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1990s	36.07 per 1,000 live births	99.34 per 1,000 live births	63.27 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2000s	22.29 per 1,000 live births	70.17 per 1,000 live births	47.88 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	16.14 per 1,000 live births	41.75 per 1,000 live births	25.61 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2020s	13.86 per 1,000 live births	36.32 per 1,000 live births	22.46 per 1,000 live births	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Latin America & Caribbean or Uganda?: Uganda, at 35.9 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Latin America & Caribbean and Uganda?: 22.6 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Uganda?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Uganda ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.