Bulgaria vs Slovakia: Child mortality by sex
Bulgaria
0.62 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Slovakia
0.694 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
149th
Slovakia rank
146th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Slovakia
How they compare
Slovakia currently reports 0.694 deaths per 100 live births against 0.62 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.074 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 149th and Slovakia ranks 146th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 7 and Slovakia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.59 deaths per 100 live births | 7.57 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 3.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.893 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1647 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1545 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7406 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.923 deaths per 100 live births | 0.615 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.9441 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6929 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2512 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.6604 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6713 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0108 deaths per 100 live births | Slovakia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bulgaria or Slovakia?
- Slovakia, at 0.694 deaths per 100 live births against 0.62 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bulgaria and Slovakia?
- 0.074 deaths per 100 live births, with Slovakia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Slovakia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Slovakia rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 149th and Slovakia ranks 146th 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 .