What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Canada and Romania?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Romania?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Romania: Mortality rate, neonatal

Canada

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Romania

3.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Canada rank

149th

Romania rank

147th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Canada
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Romania ahead.

Canada ranks 149th and Romania ranks 147th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	4.5 per 1,000 live births	16.2 per 1,000 live births	11.7 per 1,000 live births	Romania
1990s	4.05 per 1,000 live births	13.16 per 1,000 live births	9.11 per 1,000 live births	Romania
2000s	3.85 per 1,000 live births	8.31 per 1,000 live births	4.46 per 1,000 live births	Romania
2010s	3.59 per 1,000 live births	4.38 per 1,000 live births	0.79 per 1,000 live births	Romania
2020s	3.44 per 1,000 live births	3.28 per 1,000 live births	0.16 per 1,000 live births	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Canada or Romania?: Romania, at 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Canada and Romania?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Romania?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Canada and Romania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Canada ranks 149th and Romania ranks 147th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.