Romania vs Uruguay: Child mortality rate
Romania
0.7311 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.7447 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania rank
142nd
Uruguay rank
141st
Child mortality rate over time
- Romania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9.8 deaths per 100 live births | 6.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.51 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1960s | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6949 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1970s | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 5.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8488 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3178 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.608 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3376 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.9556 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9071 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0485 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.6732 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7354 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0622 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Romania or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Romania and Uruguay?
- 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .