Romania vs Uruguay: Youth mortality rate
Romania
0.8623 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.8928 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Romania rank
142nd
Uruguay rank
141st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Romania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8623 deaths per 100 live births in Romania, a difference of 0.0305 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 142nd and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 6.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1970s | 4.93 deaths per 100 live births | 5.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6933 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5343 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 1990s | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8696 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2000s | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4479 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2010s | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.072 deaths per 100 live births | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.824 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8901 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0661 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Romania or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.8928 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 Romania and Uruguay?
- 0.0305 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for youth 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 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.