Chile vs Romania: Infant mortality by sex
Chile
0.6221 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.6513 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
143rd
Romania rank
142nd
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Chile
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.6513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6221 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0292 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 143rd and Romania ranks 142nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.9 deaths per 100 live births | 8.86 deaths per 100 live births | 4.04 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 10.54 deaths per 100 live births | 6.03 deaths per 100 live births | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.91 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.89 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6129 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 0.8735 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8047 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.7397 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8861 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1464 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.6262 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6001 deaths per 100 live births | 0.026 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Chile or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.6513 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6221 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Chile and Romania?
- 0.0292 deaths per 100 live births, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Romania rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Chile ranks 143rd and Romania ranks 142nd 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 Infant mortality 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .