Kuwait vs Uruguay: Youth mortality rate
Kuwait
0.9779 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.8928 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
140th
Uruguay rank
141st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0851 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 140th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 5.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2991 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5722 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2325 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0544 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8901 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1376 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Kuwait or Uruguay?
- Kuwait, at 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 0.0851 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Uruguay rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 140th 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
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.