Gambia vs Romania: Mortality rates at age 65
Gambia
2.77 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Romania
2.81 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gambia rank
94th
Romania rank
92nd
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Gambia
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 94th and Romania ranks 92nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 7 and Romania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.93 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1960s | 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1970s | 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8642 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1990s | 3.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1514 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2000s | 3.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 3 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2824 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2010s | 2.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1678 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2666 deaths per 1,000 people | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Gambia or Romania?
- Romania, at 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Gambia and Romania?
- 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Romania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Romania rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Gambia ranks 94th and Romania ranks 92nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.