Romania vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate by sex
Romania
0.6698 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.6608 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania rank
141st
Uruguay rank
143rd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Romania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.6698 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6608 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.009 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 141st and Uruguay ranks 143rd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9.13 deaths per 100 live births | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1960s | 6.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8214 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1970s | 4.01 deaths per 100 live births | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6798 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3017 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5597 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3048 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.8556 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8019 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0538 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.6171 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6523 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0352 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Romania or Uruguay?
- Romania, at 0.6698 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6608 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Romania and Uruguay?
- 0.009 deaths per 100 live births, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Romania ranks 141st and Uruguay ranks 143rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .