Romania vs Ukraine: Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty

Romania

0.7311 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

0.7888 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Romania rank

142nd

Ukraine rank

140th

Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty over time

Romania
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.0577 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 142nd and Ukraine ranks 140th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 8,896 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .