Chile vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate
Chile
0.6753 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.7447 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st
Child mortality rate over time
- Chile
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0694 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.18 deaths per 100 live births | 6.25 deaths per 100 live births | 8.93 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 11.9 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | 6.02 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5456 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6803 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.9443 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5018 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.7964 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9071 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1107 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.6784 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7354 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0569 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Chile or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Chile and Uruguay?
- 0.0694 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Uruguay?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .