Kuwait vs Uruguay: Mortality rate, under-5
Kuwait
8.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
7.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
138th
Uruguay rank
140th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Kuwait
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 8.1 per 1,000 live births against 7.4 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.7 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 138th and Uruguay ranks 140th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104.94 per 1,000 live births | 58.71 per 1,000 live births | 46.23 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 53.51 per 1,000 live births | 52.27 per 1,000 live births | 1.24 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 25.37 per 1,000 live births | 30.05 per 1,000 live births | 4.68 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 14.85 per 1,000 live births | 21.12 per 1,000 live births | 6.27 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 11.87 per 1,000 live births | 14.46 per 1,000 live births | 2.59 per 1,000 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 9.47 per 1,000 live births | 9.07 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 8.52 per 1,000 live births | 7.34 per 1,000 live births | 1.18 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, Kuwait or Uruguay?
- Kuwait, at 8.1 per 1,000 live births against 7.4 per 1,000 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 0.7 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?
- Kuwait ranks 138th and Uruguay ranks 140th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.