Romania vs Russia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.7 per 100 live births in Romania and 0.5 per 100 live births in Russia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.4 times that in Russia.

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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 since 1903, when it overtook Russia.
In 2024, Romania ranked 143 and Russia ranked 160 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	Romania	Russia	World
2024	0.7	0.5	3.7
2023	0.7	0.5	3.8
2022	0.7	0.5	4
2021	0.6	0.6	4
2020	0.7	0.6	3.9
2019	0.7	0.6	4
2018	0.7	0.6	4
2017	0.8	0.7	4.1
2016	0.9	0.8	4.2
2015	0.9	0.8	4.3
2014	1	0.9	4.4
2013	1.1	1	4.5
2012	1.1	1	4.7
2011	1.2	1	5
2010	1.2	1	5.1
2009	1.3	1.1	5.3
2008	1.4	1.1	5.5
2007	1.5	1.2	5.7
2006	1.7	1.3	6
2005	1.8	1.4	6.2
2004	1.9	1.5	6.6
2003	2	1.6	6.8
2002	2	1.7	7.1
2001	2.1	1.8	7.4
2000	2.1	1.9	7.7
1999	2.3	2	7.9
1998	2.5	2.1	8.3
1997	2.6	2.1	8.4
1996	2.7	2.2	8.6
1995	2.7	2.2	8.8
1994	2.8	2.2	8.9
1993	2.8	2.2	9.1
1992	2.9	2.2	9.2
1991	3	2.2	9.3
1990	3.1	2.2	9.4
1989	3.3	2.2	9.5
1988	3.5	2.3	10
1987	3.5	2.3	9.9
1986	3.3	2.4	10.3
1985	3.2	2.5	10.6
1984	3.1	2.6	10.9
1983	3.1	2.6	11.1
1982	3.3	2.7	11.2
1981	3.4	2.7	11.6
1980	3.6	2.7	11.9
1979	3.7	2.8	11.9
1978	3.7	2.8	12.3
1977	3.9	2.8	12.6
1976	4.1	2.8	12.8
1975	4.3	2.8	13.1
1974	4.4	2.8	13.3
1973	4.5	2.8	13.5
1972	4.7	2.8	13.7
1971	5	2.8	13.9
1970	5.5	2.9	14.2
1969	6.2	2.9	14.6
1968	6.7	3	15
1967	6.4	3.1	15.3
1966	5.7	3.2	15.1
1965	5.3	3.4	15.1
1964	5.5	3.6	15.7
1963	6.1	3.8	16.2
1962	7	4	17
1961	8	4.3	18.8
1960	8.8	4.6	20.2
1959	9.4	4.9	19.9
1958	9.7	5.2	19.7
1957	9.9	–	20.5
1956	10	–	21.3
1955	10.1	–	22.3
1954	12.9	–	22.8
1953	14.2	–	23.3
1952	15.9	–	23.9
1951	18.3	–	24.3
1950	18.1	–	24.7
1949	21.7	–	24.9
1948	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	29.8	–	28.7
1937	28.9	–	28.8
1936	28.4	–	29.1
1935	31.2	–	29.5
1934	29.6	–	30.7
1933	28.3	–	30.5
1932	30.1	–	30.7
1931	29.3	–	31.4
1930	28.6	–	31.6
1929	32	–	32
1928	29.9	–	31.9
1927	34	–	31.9
1926	31.6	–	32.7
1925	31.2	–	32.4
1924	32.7	–	33.1
1923	33.7	–	33.1
1922	33.7	–	33.2
1921	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	–	38.5	36
1910	–	44	36.4
1909	–	40.3	36.6
1908	–	39.6	37.2
1907	–	36.6	37.4
1906	–	40.3	38.1
1905	–	44.2	38.8
1904	–	37.7	38.9
1903	47.8	40.6	39.5
1902	34.5	41.9	40.1
1901	32.9	44.2	40.8
1900	32	40.9	40.9
1899	32.2	39	40.8
1898	36.1	45.3	41.2
1897	35	42.2	41
1896	37.4	44.5	41.1
1895	32.7	45.3	41.3
1894	36.9	43	41.2
1893	35.3	40.9	41.2
1892	39.5	49.9	41.7
1891	34	44.2	41.3
1890	34.3	47.4	41.5
1889	31.1	44.7	41.2
1888	32.4	40.6	41
1887	31.4	41.6	41.1
1886	29.8	40.3	41.1
1885	27.6	43.9	41.2
1884	28.9	41.3	41.1
1883	28.4	46.1	41.4
1882	32.4	48.9	41.5
1881	28.8	40.9	41.1
1880	37.4	46.5	41.6
1879	30.1	40.9	41.1
1878	36.4	48.7	41.6
1877	30.9	42.2	41.2
1876	31.9	45.2	41.4
1875	33	43.2	41.5
1874	34.8	42.6	41.7
1873	31.1	42.6	41.8
1872	32.2	47.9	42.1
1871	23.2	44.5	42.2
1870	25.9	40.3	41.9
1869	31.4	44.7	42.1
1868	33	48.6	42.4
1867	31.6	39.5	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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