United States vs Uruguay: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
United States
5.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
6.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
United States rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- United States
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 5.5 per 1,000 live births in United States, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times United States's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
United States ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 197 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United States | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.49 per 1,000 live births | 52.76 per 1,000 live births | 29.27 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 16.39 per 1,000 live births | 47.04 per 1,000 live births | 30.65 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 10.91 per 1,000 live births | 26.69 per 1,000 live births | 15.78 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 8.16 per 1,000 live births | 18.42 per 1,000 live births | 10.26 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 6.78 per 1,000 live births | 12.46 per 1,000 live births | 5.68 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 5.82 per 1,000 live births | 7.68 per 1,000 live births | 1.86 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 6.12 per 1,000 live births | 0.62 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, United States or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 5.5 per 1,000 live births in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between United States and Uruguay?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Uruguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do United States and Uruguay rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- United States ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.