Bulgaria vs Sri Lanka: Child mortality by sex
Bulgaria
0.62 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.6471 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
149th
Sri Lanka rank
147th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.6471 deaths per 100 live births against 0.62 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0271 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 199 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.13 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 8.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 6.58 deaths per 100 live births | 3.38 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 3.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1079 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2321 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.9441 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0602 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.6604 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7035 deaths per 100 live births | 0.043 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bulgaria or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.6471 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.0271 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th 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 .