Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Romania

Infant mortality rate in Romania in 2024 — 6 per 1,000. Ranked 56 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 91.9%.

2024 6 per 1,000 +7.14% vs 2023
World rank 56of 196
Period maximum 74.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 5.3 per 1,0002021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Romania, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74.4 per 1,0001962: 59.5 per 1,0001964: 46.8 per 1,0001966: 48.2 per 1,0001968: 56.7 per 1,0001970: 46.6 per 1,0001972: 39.3 per 1,0001974: 36.2 per 1,0001976: 33.2 per 1,0001978: 30.1 per 1,0001980: 28.6 per 1,0001982: 25.7 per 1,0001984: 24.2 per 1,0001986: 25.7 per 1,0001988: 27.1 per 1,0001990: 24.2 per 1,0001992: 22.8 per 1,0001994: 22.3 per 1,0001996: 21.7 per 1,0001998: 20.5 per 1,0002000: 18 per 1,0002002: 17.1 per 1,0002004: 16.4 per 1,0002006: 14.3 per 1,0002008: 11.8 per 1,0002010: 10.5 per 1,0002012: 9.5 per 1,0002014: 8.3 per 1,0002016: 7.1 per 1,0002018: 6.1 per 1,0002020: 5.4 per 1,0002022: 5.4 per 1,0002024: 6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68.4 (−91.94%) Average annual rate: -3.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Eastern Europe computed 4.6 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6 +0.4 +7.14%
2023 5.6 +0.2 +3.7%
2022 5.4 +0.1 +1.89%
2021 5.3 −0.1 −1.85%
2020 5.4 −0.2 −3.57%
2019 5.6 −0.5 −8.2%
2018 6.1 −0.5 −7.58%
2017 6.6 −0.5 −7.04%
2016 7.1 −0.6 −7.79%
2015 7.7 −0.6 −7.23%
2014 8.3 −0.6 −6.74%
2013 8.9 −0.6 −6.32%
2012 9.5 −0.5 −5%
2011 10 −0.5 −4.76%
2010 10.5 −0.6 −5.41%
2009 11.1 −0.7 −5.93%
2008 11.8 −1.1 −8.53%
2007 12.9 −1.4 −9.79%
2006 14.3 −1.2 −7.74%
2005 15.5 −0.9 −5.49%
2004 16.4 −0.5 −2.96%
2003 16.9 −0.2 −1.17%
2002 17.1 −0.2 −1.16%
2001 17.3 −0.7 −3.89%
2000 18 −1.1 −5.76%
1999 19.1 −1.4 −6.83%
1998 20.5 −0.8 −3.76%
1997 21.3 −0.4 −1.84%
1996 21.7 −0.3 −1.36%
1995 22 −0.3 −1.35%
1994 22.3 −0.3 −1.33%
1993 22.6 −0.2 −0.88%
1992 22.8 −0.4 −1.72%
1991 23.2 −1 −4.13%
1990 24.2 −1.7 −6.56%
1989 25.9 −1.2 −4.43%
1988 27.1 +0.2 +0.74%
1987 26.9 +1.2 +4.67%
1986 25.7 +1.1 +4.47%
1985 24.6 +0.4 +1.65%
1984 24.2 −0.4 −1.63%
1983 24.6 −1.1 −4.28%
1982 25.7 −1.6 −5.86%
1981 27.3 −1.3 −4.55%
1980 28.6 −0.8 −2.72%
1979 29.4 −0.7 −2.33%
1978 30.1 −1.3 −4.14%
1977 31.4 −1.8 −5.42%
1976 33.2 −1.7 −4.87%
1975 34.9 −1.3 −3.59%
1974 36.2 −1.4 −3.72%
1973 37.6 −1.7 −4.33%
1972 39.3 −2.7 −6.43%
1971 42 −4.6 −9.87%
1970 46.6 −6.1 −11.57%
1969 52.7 −4 −7.05%
1968 56.7 +2.6 +4.81%
1967 54.1 +5.9 +12.24%
1966 48.2 +3.2 +7.11%
1965 45 −1.8 −3.85%
1964 46.8 −5.3 −10.17%
1963 52.1 −7.4 −12.44%
1962 59.5 −8 −11.85%
1961 67.5 −6.9 −9.27%
1960 74.4

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.