Qatar vs Uruguay: Neonatal mortality rate

Qatar
0.3806 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.4049 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
145th
Uruguay rank
142nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Qatar
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.4049 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3806 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar, a difference of 0.0243 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Qatar ahead.

Qatar ranks 145th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Qatar averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Qatar Uruguay Difference Ahead
1980s 1.22 deaths per 100 live births 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.0189 deaths per 100 live births Qatar
1990s 0.8898 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 0.1476 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2000s 0.5631 deaths per 100 live births 0.7162 deaths per 100 live births 0.1531 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2010s 0.4001 deaths per 100 live births 0.493 deaths per 100 live births 0.0929 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2020s 0.3836 deaths per 100 live births 0.4271 deaths per 100 live births 0.0435 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Qatar or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.4049 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3806 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Qatar and Uruguay?
0.0243 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Uruguay?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Qatar and Uruguay rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Qatar ranks 145th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .