What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Bahrain and Kuwait?

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Bahrain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahrain vs Kuwait: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Bahrain

9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kuwait

8.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bahrain rank

136th

Kuwait rank

139th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Bahrain
Kuwait

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 9 per 1,000 live births against 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 136th and Kuwait ranks 139th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 3 and Kuwait in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1960s	137.96 per 1,000 live births	110.13 per 1,000 live births	27.83 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
1970s	55.03 per 1,000 live births	56.84 per 1,000 live births	1.81 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
1980s	27.6 per 1,000 live births	27.3 per 1,000 live births	0.3 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
1990s	18.99 per 1,000 live births	16.04 per 1,000 live births	2.95 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
2000s	11.02 per 1,000 live births	12.79 per 1,000 live births	1.77 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
2010s	8.09 per 1,000 live births	10.26 per 1,000 live births	2.17 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
2020s	8.6 per 1,000 live births	9.22 per 1,000 live births	0.62 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Bahrain or Kuwait?: Bahrain, at 9 per 1,000 live births against 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Bahrain and Kuwait?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and Kuwait rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Bahrain ranks 136th and Kuwait ranks 139th 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, under-5, male (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, under-5, male (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

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.