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