Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Romania: Child mortality
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.6905 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.7311 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina rank
144th
Romania rank
143rd
Child mortality over time
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.0406 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 144th and Romania ranks 143rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 15 and Romania in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.719 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1810s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.719 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1820s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.719 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1830s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.719 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1840s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.719 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1850s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 37.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3312 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1860s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 36.67 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1870s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 30.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.95 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1880s | 37.88 deaths per 100 live births | 30.81 deaths per 100 live births | 7.07 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1890s | 37.87 deaths per 100 live births | 35.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1900s | 37.58 deaths per 100 live births | 40.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.6 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1910s | 36.81 deaths per 100 live births | 35.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1920s | 33.23 deaths per 100 live births | 32.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5073 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1930s | 27.16 deaths per 100 live births | 29.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1940s | 22.92 deaths per 100 live births | 27.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.8 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1950s | 18.41 deaths per 100 live births | 12.83 deaths per 100 live births | 5.58 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1960s | 11.22 deaths per 100 live births | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | 4.65 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1970s | 5.56 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1980s | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4898 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3185 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 0.7802 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.6751 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9556 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2804 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.643 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6732 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0302 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania?
- 0.0406 deaths per 100 live births, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania rank globally for child mortality?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 144th and Romania ranks 143rd of 203 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 Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.