Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Uganda: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 13.95 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 29.55 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Uganda's figure about 3.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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 (excluding high income) | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.09 per 1,000 live births | 152.92 per 1,000 live births | 111.83 per 1,000 live births | Uganda |
| 2000s | 24.38 per 1,000 live births | 101.72 per 1,000 live births | 77.34 per 1,000 live births | Uganda |
| 2010s | 17.33 per 1,000 live births | 54.68 per 1,000 live births | 37.35 per 1,000 live births | Uganda |
| 2020s | 14.58 per 1,000 live births | 44.5 per 1,000 live births | 29.92 per 1,000 live births | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 13.95 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 29.55 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.