Chile vs Romania: Child mortality
Chile
0.6753 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.7311 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
145th
Romania rank
143rd
Child mortality over time
- Chile
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0558 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 145th and Romania ranks 143rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 19 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1810s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1820s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1830s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1840s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1850s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 37.55 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1860s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 36.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.07 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1870s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 30.93 deaths per 100 live births | 10.81 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1880s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 30.81 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1890s | 46.3 deaths per 100 live births | 35.33 deaths per 100 live births | 10.98 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1900s | 48.68 deaths per 100 live births | 40.18 deaths per 100 live births | 8.51 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1910s | 44.71 deaths per 100 live births | 35.1 deaths per 100 live births | 9.61 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1920s | 40.63 deaths per 100 live births | 32.72 deaths per 100 live births | 7.91 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1930s | 39.41 deaths per 100 live births | 29.28 deaths per 100 live births | 10.14 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1940s | 29.15 deaths per 100 live births | 27.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1950s | 18.12 deaths per 100 live births | 12.83 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 11.9 deaths per 100 live births | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8634 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 0.9443 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8394 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.7964 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9556 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1592 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.6784 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6732 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0053 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Chile or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Chile and Romania?
- 0.0558 deaths per 100 live births, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Romania rank globally for child mortality?
- Chile ranks 145th and Romania ranks 143rd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.