Kuwait vs Romania: Child mortality

Kuwait
0.8104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.7311 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
140th
Romania rank
143rd

Child mortality over time

  • Kuwait
  • Romania
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.0793 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 140th and Romania ranks 143rd of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 19 and Romania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Romania Difference Ahead
1800s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 12.87 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1810s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 12.87 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1820s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 12.87 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1830s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 12.87 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1840s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 12.87 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1850s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 37.55 deaths per 100 live births 12.49 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1860s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 36.67 deaths per 100 live births 13.36 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1870s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 30.93 deaths per 100 live births 19.1 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1880s 50.03 deaths per 100 live births 30.81 deaths per 100 live births 19.23 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1890s 50.02 deaths per 100 live births 35.33 deaths per 100 live births 14.69 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1900s 49.64 deaths per 100 live births 40.18 deaths per 100 live births 9.46 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1910s 48.63 deaths per 100 live births 35.1 deaths per 100 live births 13.53 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1920s 47.45 deaths per 100 live births 32.72 deaths per 100 live births 14.73 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1930s 46.28 deaths per 100 live births 29.28 deaths per 100 live births 17 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1940s 30.9 deaths per 100 live births 27.72 deaths per 100 live births 3.18 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1950s 17.66 deaths per 100 live births 12.83 deaths per 100 live births 4.82 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1960s 10.49 deaths per 100 live births 6.57 deaths per 100 live births 3.93 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1970s 5.35 deaths per 100 live births 4.38 deaths per 100 live births 0.9753 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1980s 2.54 deaths per 100 live births 3.32 deaths per 100 live births 0.7877 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1990s 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births 1.23 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2000s 1.19 deaths per 100 live births 1.78 deaths per 100 live births 0.5964 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2010s 0.9476 deaths per 100 live births 0.9556 deaths per 100 live births 0.008 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2020s 0.8511 deaths per 100 live births 0.6732 deaths per 100 live births 0.178 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Kuwait or Romania?
Kuwait, at 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Kuwait and Romania?
0.0793 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Romania?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Romania rank globally for child mortality?
Kuwait ranks 140th 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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

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