Which has higher number of child deaths, Portugal or Uruguay?

Portugal, at 277 deaths against 250 deaths in Uruguay as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Portugal and Uruguay?

27 deaths, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Uruguay?

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs Uruguay: Number of child deaths

Portugal

277 deaths

in 2024

Uruguay

250 deaths

in 2024

Portugal rank

139th

Uruguay rank

142nd

Number of child deaths over time

Portugal
Uruguay

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 277 deaths against 250 deaths in Uruguay, a difference of 27 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	25,134 deaths	3,267 deaths	21,868 deaths	Portugal
1960s	18,840 deaths	3,267 deaths	15,572 deaths	Portugal
1970s	8,392 deaths	3,034 deaths	5,358 deaths	Portugal
1980s	3,026 deaths	1,629 deaths	1,397 deaths	Portugal
1990s	1,208 deaths	1,166 deaths	42.4 deaths	Portugal
2000s	570.6 deaths	726.3 deaths	155.7 deaths	Uruguay
2010s	325.4 deaths	418 deaths	92.6 deaths	Uruguay
2020s	274.8 deaths	257.4 deaths	17.4 deaths	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Portugal or Uruguay?: Portugal, at 277 deaths against 250 deaths in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Portugal and Uruguay?: 27 deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Uruguay?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Uruguay rank globally for number of child deaths?: Portugal ranks 139th 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 Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .