Romania vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate

Romania
0.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.74 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania rank
142nd
Uruguay rank
141st

Child mortality rate over time

  • Romania
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.74 deaths per 100 live births against 0.73 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st of 200 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 9 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Uruguay Difference Ahead
1920s 32.36 deaths per 100 live births 15.35 deaths per 100 live births 17.01 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1930s 29.27 deaths per 100 live births 14.38 deaths per 100 live births 14.9 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1940s 27.4 deaths per 100 live births 10.1 deaths per 100 live births 17.29 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1950s 12.83 deaths per 100 live births 6.2 deaths per 100 live births 6.63 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1960s 6.57 deaths per 100 live births 5.87 deaths per 100 live births 0.695 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1970s 4.38 deaths per 100 live births 5.23 deaths per 100 live births 0.849 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1980s 3.32 deaths per 100 live births 3 deaths per 100 live births 0.316 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1990s 2.72 deaths per 100 live births 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 0.605 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2000s 1.78 deaths per 100 live births 1.45 deaths per 100 live births 0.338 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2010s 0.956 deaths per 100 live births 0.907 deaths per 100 live births 0.049 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2020s 0.674 deaths per 100 live births 0.734 deaths per 100 live births 0.06 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Romania or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.74 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 Romania and Uruguay?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2024.
How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st 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

Indicator
Child mortality rate
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
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.