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

Kuwait
8.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
8.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Uruguay rank
141st

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Kuwait
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 8.2 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 110.13 per 1,000 live births 64.72 per 1,000 live births 45.41 per 1,000 live births Kuwait
1970s 56.84 per 1,000 live births 57.4 per 1,000 live births 0.56 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
1980s 27.3 per 1,000 live births 33.19 per 1,000 live births 5.89 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
1990s 16.04 per 1,000 live births 23.47 per 1,000 live births 7.43 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
2000s 12.79 per 1,000 live births 16.05 per 1,000 live births 3.26 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
2010s 10.26 per 1,000 live births 10.08 per 1,000 live births 0.18 per 1,000 live births Kuwait
2020s 9.22 per 1,000 live births 8.14 per 1,000 live births 1.08 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, Kuwait or Uruguay?
Kuwait, at 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 8.2 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kuwait and Uruguay?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Uruguay?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Uruguay rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Kuwait ranks 139th 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, 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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About this data

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

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.