Chile vs Uruguay: Youth mortality rate
Chile
0.8133 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.8928 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Chile
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8133 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0795 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 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 | 16.65 deaths per 100 live births | 6.9 deaths per 100 live births | 9.76 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 12.8 deaths per 100 live births | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 6.98 deaths per 100 live births | 5.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4873 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7096 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5466 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.9439 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1471 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.8137 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8901 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0764 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Chile or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8133 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Chile and Uruguay?
- 0.0795 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for youth 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.