Poland vs Romania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Poland and 0.7 per 100 live births in Romania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.74 times that in Poland.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1921.
In 2024, Poland ranked 167 and Romania ranked 143 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Poland	Romania	World
2024	0.4	0.7	3.7
2023	0.4	0.7	3.8
2022	0.4	0.7	4
2021	0.4	0.6	4
2020	0.4	0.7	3.9
2019	0.5	0.7	4
2018	0.5	0.7	4
2017	0.5	0.8	4.1
2016	0.5	0.9	4.2
2015	0.5	0.9	4.3
2014	0.5	1	4.4
2013	0.5	1.1	4.5
2012	0.5	1.1	4.7
2011	0.6	1.2	5
2010	0.6	1.2	5.1
2009	0.6	1.3	5.3
2008	0.7	1.4	5.5
2007	0.7	1.5	5.7
2006	0.7	1.7	6
2005	0.8	1.8	6.2
2004	0.8	1.9	6.6
2003	0.8	2	6.8
2002	0.8	2	7.1
2001	0.9	2.1	7.4
2000	0.9	2.1	7.7
1999	1	2.3	7.9
1998	1.1	2.5	8.3
1997	1.2	2.6	8.4
1996	1.3	2.7	8.6
1995	1.4	2.7	8.8
1994	1.5	2.8	8.9
1993	1.6	2.8	9.1
1992	1.7	2.9	9.2
1991	1.7	3	9.3
1990	1.7	3.1	9.4
1989	1.8	3.3	9.5
1988	1.8	3.5	10
1987	1.9	3.5	9.9
1986	2	3.3	10.3
1985	2	3.2	10.6
1984	2.1	3.1	10.9
1983	2.2	3.1	11.1
1982	2.3	3.3	11.2
1981	2.3	3.4	11.6
1980	2.4	3.6	11.9
1979	2.5	3.7	11.9
1978	2.6	3.7	12.3
1977	2.6	3.9	12.6
1976	2.7	4.1	12.8
1975	2.8	4.3	13.1
1974	2.9	4.4	13.3
1973	3.1	4.5	13.5
1972	3.2	4.7	13.7
1971	3.4	5	13.9
1970	3.6	5.5	14.2
1969	3.8	6.2	14.6
1968	3.9	6.7	15
1967	4.1	6.4	15.3
1966	4.3	5.7	15.1
1965	4.6	5.3	15.1
1964	4.9	5.5	15.7
1963	5.2	6.1	16.2
1962	5.6	7	17
1961	6	8	18.8
1960	6.5	8.8	20.2
1959	7.1	9.4	19.9
1958	7.7	9.7	19.7
1957	8.3	9.9	20.5
1956	8.9	10	21.3
1955	9.6	10.1	22.3
1954	10.2	12.9	22.8
1953	11	14.2	23.3
1952	11.8	15.9	23.9
1951	12.7	18.3	24.3
1950	13.7	18.1	24.7
1949	16.2	21.7	24.9
1948	17	23	24.9
1947	–	32.5	25.5
1946	–	26.7	25.8
1945	–	30.6	26.7
1944	–	26.4	27.4
1943	–	29.9	27.7
1942	–	28.9	27.9
1941	–	27	27.8
1940	–	30.6	27.9
1939	–	28.6	28
1938	22.4	29.8	28.7
1937	21.7	28.9	28.8
1936	22.6	28.4	29.1
1935	20	31.2	29.5
1934	22.6	29.6	30.7
1933	20.2	28.3	30.5
1932	23.2	30.1	30.7
1931	22.8	29.3	31.4
1930	23	28.6	31.6
1929	24.1	32	32
1928	23.3	29.9	31.9
1927	24.4	34	31.9
1926	–	31.6	32.7
1925	–	31.2	32.4
1924	–	32.7	33.1
1923	–	33.7	33.1
1922	27.2	33.7	33.2
1921	30.4	32.5	34.2
1920	–	35.9	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	32.4	35.3
1914	–	35.3	35.4
1913	–	37.9	35.1
1912	–	35.1	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	47.8	39.5
1902	–	34.5	40.1
1901	–	32.9	40.8
1900	–	32	40.9
1899	–	32.2	40.8
1898	–	36.1	41.2
1897	–	35	41
1896	–	37.4	41.1
1895	–	32.7	41.3
1894	–	36.9	41.2
1893	–	35.3	41.2
1892	–	39.5	41.7
1891	–	34	41.3
1890	–	34.3	41.5
1889	–	31.1	41.2
1888	–	32.4	41
1887	–	31.4	41.1
1886	–	29.8	41.1
1885	–	27.6	41.2
1884	–	28.9	41.1
1883	–	28.4	41.4
1882	–	32.4	41.5
1881	–	28.8	41.1
1880	–	37.4	41.6
1879	–	30.1	41.1
1878	–	36.4	41.6
1877	–	30.9	41.2
1876	–	31.9	41.4
1875	–	33	41.5
1874	–	34.8	41.7
1873	–	31.1	41.8
1872	–	32.2	42.1
1871	–	23.2	42.2
1870	–	25.9	41.9
1869	–	31.4	42.1
1868	–	33	42.4
1867	–	31.6	42
1866	–	38.8	42.1
1865	–	35.6	42.3
1864	–	39.8	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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