Kuwait vs Uruguay: Number of child deaths per woman
Kuwait
0.0154 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uruguay
0.0143 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kuwait rank
135th
Uruguay rank
138th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Kuwait
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.0154 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0011 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 135th and Uruguay ranks 138th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 7 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.08 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1805 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9042 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 0.7616 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1659 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5957 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 0.3364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1495 under-five deaths per woman | 0.187 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 0.1162 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0754 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0408 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.0451 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0501 under-five deaths per woman | 0.005 under-five deaths per woman | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.031 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0303 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0007 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.0206 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0174 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0032 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.017 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0129 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Kuwait or Uruguay?
- Kuwait, at 0.0154 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 0.0011 under-five deaths per woman, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Uruguay rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Kuwait ranks 135th and Uruguay ranks 138th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).