Canada vs Romania: Neonatal mortality rate

Canada
0.3389 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.3623 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
150th
Romania rank
148th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Canada
  • Romania
0.511.5196919962024

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.3623 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3389 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0234 deaths per 100 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 150th and Romania ranks 148th of 199 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 0.4472 deaths per 100 live births 1.62 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births Romania
1990s 0.4045 deaths per 100 live births 1.32 deaths per 100 live births 0.9109 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2000s 0.3845 deaths per 100 live births 0.831 deaths per 100 live births 0.4465 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2010s 0.358 deaths per 100 live births 0.4383 deaths per 100 live births 0.0803 deaths per 100 live births Romania
2020s 0.344 deaths per 100 live births 0.3272 deaths per 100 live births 0.0168 deaths per 100 live births Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Canada or Romania?
Romania, at 0.3623 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3389 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Canada and Romania?
0.0234 deaths per 100 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 neonatal mortality rate?
Canada ranks 150th and Romania ranks 148th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .