Costa Rica vs Romania: Child mortality rate
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2019
Romania
0.8%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
144th
Romania rank
142nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Costa Rica
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Romania ranks 142nd of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.3% | 10.7% | 1.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 9.1% | 6.6% | 2.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 5.1% | 4.3% | 0.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.2% | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1.2% | Romania |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.6% | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Costa Rica or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Costa Rica as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Costa Rica and Romania?
- 0.0%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Romania rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 144th and Romania ranks 142nd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death before the age of five.