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