Cook Islands vs Uruguay: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Cook Islands
0.5%
in 2023
Uruguay
0.5%
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
164th
Uruguay rank
165th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Cook Islands
- Uruguay
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 164th and Uruguay ranks 165th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 5.6% | 4.4% | 1.2% | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 3.7% | 0.8% | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Cook Islands or Uruguay?
- Cook Islands, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Uruguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Cook Islands and Uruguay?
- 0.0%, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Uruguay?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Uruguay rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Cook Islands ranks 164th and Uruguay ranks 165th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.