Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Uruguay

Infant mortality rate in Uruguay in 2024 — 6.2 per 1,000. Ranked 57 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.1%.

2024 6.2 per 1,000 +1.64% vs 2023
World rank 57of 196
Period maximum 56.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 6.1 per 1,0002020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Uruguay, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 56.7 per 1,0001962: 54.3 per 1,0001964: 52.4 per 1,0001966: 51.7 per 1,0001968: 50.7 per 1,0001970: 48.8 per 1,0001972: 48 per 1,0001974: 49.3 per 1,0001976: 48.6 per 1,0001978: 43.4 per 1,0001980: 35.6 per 1,0001982: 29.4 per 1,0001984: 26.3 per 1,0001986: 24.1 per 1,0001988: 22.2 per 1,0001990: 20.7 per 1,0001992: 20 per 1,0001994: 19.2 per 1,0001996: 17.7 per 1,0001998: 16 per 1,0002000: 14.7 per 1,0002002: 14 per 1,0002004: 13.1 per 1,0002006: 11.7 per 1,0002008: 10.2 per 1,0002010: 9.2 per 1,0002012: 8.5 per 1,0002014: 7.9 per 1,0002016: 7.1 per 1,0002018: 6.5 per 1,0002020: 6.1 per 1,0002022: 6.1 per 1,0002024: 6.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −50.5 (−89.07%) Average annual rate: -3.4 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uruguay

Uruguay 6.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
South America computed 11.8 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.2 +0.1 +1.64%
2023 6.1 +0 +0%
2022 6.1 +0 +0%
2021 6.1 +0 +0%
2020 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
2019 6.2 −0.3 −4.62%
2018 6.5 −0.3 −4.41%
2017 6.8 −0.3 −4.23%
2016 7.1 −0.4 −5.33%
2015 7.5 −0.4 −5.06%
2014 7.9 −0.3 −3.66%
2013 8.2 −0.3 −3.53%
2012 8.5 −0.4 −4.49%
2011 8.9 −0.3 −3.26%
2010 9.2 −0.5 −5.15%
2009 9.7 −0.5 −4.9%
2008 10.2 −0.7 −6.42%
2007 10.9 −0.8 −6.84%
2006 11.7 −0.7 −5.65%
2005 12.4 −0.7 −5.34%
2004 13.1 −0.5 −3.68%
2003 13.6 −0.4 −2.86%
2002 14 −0.3 −2.1%
2001 14.3 −0.4 −2.72%
2000 14.7 −0.5 −3.29%
1999 15.2 −0.8 −5%
1998 16 −0.8 −4.76%
1997 16.8 −0.9 −5.08%
1996 17.7 −0.8 −4.32%
1995 18.5 −0.7 −3.65%
1994 19.2 −0.5 −2.54%
1993 19.7 −0.3 −1.5%
1992 20 −0.4 −1.96%
1991 20.4 −0.3 −1.45%
1990 20.7 −0.6 −2.82%
1989 21.3 −0.9 −4.05%
1988 22.2 −0.9 −3.9%
1987 23.1 −1 −4.15%
1986 24.1 −1.1 −4.37%
1985 25.2 −1.1 −4.18%
1984 26.3 −1.3 −4.71%
1983 27.6 −1.8 −6.12%
1982 29.4 −2.7 −8.41%
1981 32.1 −3.5 −9.83%
1980 35.6 −3.9 −9.87%
1979 39.5 −3.9 −8.99%
1978 43.4 −3.2 −6.87%
1977 46.6 −2 −4.12%
1976 48.6 −0.9 −1.82%
1975 49.5 +0.2 +0.41%
1974 49.3 +0.7 +1.44%
1973 48.6 +0.6 +1.25%
1972 48 −0.1 −0.21%
1971 48.1 −0.7 −1.43%
1970 48.8 −1 −2.01%
1969 49.8 −0.9 −1.78%
1968 50.7 −0.6 −1.17%
1967 51.3 −0.4 −0.77%
1966 51.7 −0.3 −0.58%
1965 52 −0.4 −0.76%
1964 52.4 −0.8 −1.5%
1963 53.2 −1.1 −2.03%
1962 54.3 −1.2 −2.16%
1961 55.5 −1.2 −2.12%
1960 56.7

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.