What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Romania and Ukraine?

0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Ukraine ahead.

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

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Romania vs Ukraine: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Romania

6.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

7.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Romania rank

141st

Ukraine rank

140th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Romania
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 6.7 per 1,000 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 141st and Ukraine ranks 140th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 4 and Ukraine in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Romania	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	38.94 per 1,000 live births	26.13 per 1,000 live births	12.81 per 1,000 live births	Romania
1980s	29.8 per 1,000 live births	19.88 per 1,000 live births	9.92 per 1,000 live births	Romania
1990s	24.23 per 1,000 live births	17.29 per 1,000 live births	6.94 per 1,000 live births	Romania
2000s	15.85 per 1,000 live births	13.27 per 1,000 live births	2.58 per 1,000 live births	Romania
2010s	8.55 per 1,000 live births	8.75 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2020s	6.18 per 1,000 live births	7.38 per 1,000 live births	1.2 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Romania or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 6.7 per 1,000 live births in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Romania and Ukraine?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Ukraine?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Romania and Ukraine rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Romania ranks 141st and Ukraine ranks 140th 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.