Which has higher survival to age 65, female, United States or Uruguay?

United States, at 88.4% against 88.2% in Uruguay as of 2024.

What is the difference in survival to age 65, female between United States and Uruguay?

0.2%, with United States ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States vs Uruguay: Survival to age 65, female

United States

88.4%

in 2024

Uruguay

88.2%

in 2024

United States rank

84th

Uruguay rank

86th

Survival to age 65, female over time

United States
Uruguay

How they compare

United States currently reports 88.4% against 88.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.2%.

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

United States ranks 84th and Uruguay ranks 86th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, United States averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	78.9%	76.8%	2.1%	United States
1970s	81.5%	79.1%	2.4%	United States
1980s	84.2%	82.3%	2.0%	United States
1990s	85.7%	84.5%	1.2%	United States
2000s	87.1%	86.1%	1.0%	United States
2010s	87.9%	87.2%	0.6%	United States
2020s	86.7%	87.1%	0.3%	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival to age 65, female, United States or Uruguay?: United States, at 88.4% against 88.2% in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in survival to age 65, female between United States and Uruguay?: 0.2%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Uruguay?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do United States and Uruguay rank globally for survival to age 65, female?: United States ranks 84th and Uruguay ranks 86th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
Unit: % of cohort
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,290 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.