Which has higher number of child deaths, Libya or Romania?

Romania, at 1,340 deaths against 1,209 deaths in Libya as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Libya and Romania?

131 deaths, with Romania ahead.

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

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Libya vs Romania: Number of child deaths

Libya

1,209 deaths

in 2024

Romania

1,340 deaths

in 2024

Libya rank

105th

Romania rank

102nd

Number of child deaths over time

Libya
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 1,340 deaths against 1,209 deaths in Libya, a difference of 131 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.

Libya ranks 105th and Romania ranks 102nd of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	16,582 deaths	21,872 deaths	5,290 deaths	Romania
1970s	10,998 deaths	17,916 deaths	6,918 deaths	Romania
1980s	7,990 deaths	11,912 deaths	3,922 deaths	Romania
1990s	3,932 deaths	7,358 deaths	3,426 deaths	Romania
2000s	2,996 deaths	4,036 deaths	1,040 deaths	Romania
2010s	2,044 deaths	2,005 deaths	38.9 deaths	Libya
2020s	1,914 deaths	1,272 deaths	642 deaths	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Libya or Romania?: Romania, at 1,340 deaths against 1,209 deaths in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Libya and Romania?: 131 deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Romania?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Libya and Romania rank globally for number of child deaths?: Libya ranks 105th and Romania ranks 102nd 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 Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .