Chile vs Uruguay: Mortality rate, under-5

Chile

6.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uruguay

7.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chile rank

142nd

Uruguay rank

139th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Chile
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 7.4 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 139th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.