Kuwait vs Romania: Child mortality rate
Kuwait
0.81 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Romania rank
142nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Romania
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.81 deaths per 100 live births against 0.73 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 139th and Romania ranks 142nd of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.22 deaths per 100 live births | 9.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 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 | 0.973 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.784 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 | 0.597 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.947 deaths per 100 live births | 0.956 deaths per 100 live births | 0.009 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.852 deaths per 100 live births | 0.674 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 rate, Kuwait or Romania?
- Kuwait, at 0.81 deaths per 100 live births against 0.73 deaths per 100 live births in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Kuwait and Romania?
- 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Romania?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Romania rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and Romania ranks 142nd of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.