Romania vs Uruguay: Mortality rate, infant

Romania
6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
6.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Romania rank
142nd
Uruguay rank
141st

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Romania
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 6 per 1,000 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 55.7 per 1,000 live births 52.76 per 1,000 live births 2.94 per 1,000 live births Romania
1970s 36.07 per 1,000 live births 47.04 per 1,000 live births 10.97 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
1980s 26.06 per 1,000 live births 26.69 per 1,000 live births 0.63 per 1,000 live births Uruguay
1990s 21.97 per 1,000 live births 18.42 per 1,000 live births 3.55 per 1,000 live births Romania
2000s 15.13 per 1,000 live births 12.46 per 1,000 live births 2.67 per 1,000 live births Romania
2010s 8.03 per 1,000 live births 7.68 per 1,000 live births 0.35 per 1,000 live births Romania
2020s 5.54 per 1,000 live births 6.12 per 1,000 live births 0.58 per 1,000 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Romania or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 6 per 1,000 live births in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Romania and Uruguay?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.