Kuwait vs Romania: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Kuwait
8.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Romania
7.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
139th
Romania rank
142nd
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Kuwait
- Romania
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 7.9 per 1,000 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 139th and Romania ranks 142nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110.13 per 1,000 live births | 70.47 per 1,000 live births | 39.66 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 56.84 per 1,000 live births | 47.3 per 1,000 live births | 9.54 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 27.3 per 1,000 live births | 36.52 per 1,000 live births | 9.22 per 1,000 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 16.04 per 1,000 live births | 30.01 per 1,000 live births | 13.97 per 1,000 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 12.79 per 1,000 live births | 19.75 per 1,000 live births | 6.96 per 1,000 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 10.26 per 1,000 live births | 10.51 per 1,000 live births | 0.25 per 1,000 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 9.22 per 1,000 live births | 7.26 per 1,000 live births | 1.96 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Kuwait or Romania?
- Kuwait, at 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 7.9 per 1,000 live births in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kuwait and Romania?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Romania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Romania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Kuwait ranks 139th and Romania ranks 142nd 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, male (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
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.