Number of youth deaths in Uruguay
Uruguay: Number of youth deaths was 317 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Uruguay, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 317 deaths for number of youth deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Uruguay peaked at 1,479 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 317 deaths, in 2024.
Uruguay ranks 144th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,479 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 1,451 deaths | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 1,428 deaths | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,404 deaths | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 1,379 deaths | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,341 deaths | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 1,281 deaths | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,213 deaths | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,143 deaths | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 1,084 deaths | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,036 deaths | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 997 deaths | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 967 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 930 deaths | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 884 deaths | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 839 deaths | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 788 deaths | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 734 deaths | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 686 deaths | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 646 deaths | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 616 deaths | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 589 deaths | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 569 deaths | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 554 deaths | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 533 deaths | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 512 deaths | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 484 deaths | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 445 deaths | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 406 deaths | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 371 deaths | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 350 deaths | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 334 deaths | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 325 deaths | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 322 deaths | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 317 deaths | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,320 deaths | 1,084 deaths | 1,479 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 850.7 deaths | 646 deaths | 1,036 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 507.9 deaths | 371 deaths | 616 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 329.6 deaths | 317 deaths | 350 deaths | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Uruguay?
- Number of youth deaths in Uruguay was 317 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,479 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 317 deaths in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for number of youth deaths?
- Uruguay ranks 144th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.