Kuwait vs Romania: Youth mortality rate
Kuwait
0.9779 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania
0.8623 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
140th
Romania rank
142nd
Youth mortality rate over time
- Kuwait
- Romania
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8623 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.1156 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 140th and Romania ranks 142nd of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6792 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9228 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6805 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0176 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.824 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2037 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Kuwait or Romania?
- Kuwait, at 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8623 deaths per 100 live births in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Kuwait and Romania?
- 0.1156 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Romania?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Romania rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Kuwait ranks 140th and Romania ranks 142nd 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 Youth 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 under fifteen years, per 100 live births.