What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bulgaria and Croatia?

0.0175 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Croatia?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

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.

Bulgaria vs Croatia: Child mortality by sex

Bulgaria

0.62 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia

0.6025 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

149th

Croatia rank

152nd

Child mortality by sex over time

Bulgaria
Croatia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.62 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6025 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia, a difference of 0.0175 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 149th and Croatia ranks 152nd of 199 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Croatia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	2.03 deaths per 100 live births	0.1875 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
1990s	2.11 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	0.9247 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2000s	1.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.7578 deaths per 100 live births	0.7801 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2010s	0.9441 deaths per 100 live births	0.5398 deaths per 100 live births	0.4043 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2020s	0.6604 deaths per 100 live births	0.5319 deaths per 100 live births	0.1285 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bulgaria or Croatia?: Bulgaria, at 0.62 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6025 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bulgaria and Croatia?: 0.0175 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Croatia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Croatia rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Bulgaria ranks 149th and Croatia ranks 152nd 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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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .