Bulgaria vs China: Child mortality by sex
Bulgaria
0.62 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China
0.6012 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
149th
China rank
153rd
Child mortality by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- China
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.62 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0188 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 149th and China ranks 153rd of 199 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | 12.12 deaths per 100 live births | 8.35 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 9.07 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 5.85 deaths per 100 live births | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 0.9441 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2653 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.6604 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6917 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0312 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bulgaria or China?
- Bulgaria, at 0.62 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bulgaria and China?
- 0.0188 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and China?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and China rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 149th and China ranks 153rd 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 Child mortality by sex. 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 male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .