Bulgaria vs Serbia: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita

Bulgaria
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Serbia
0.54 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
151st
Serbia rank
155th

Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.57 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Serbia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 151st and Serbia ranks 155th of 200 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Serbia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Serbia Difference Ahead
1980s 1.92 deaths per 100 live births 3.79 deaths per 100 live births 1.88 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
1990s 1.9 deaths per 100 live births 2.03 deaths per 100 live births 0.131 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
2000s 1.4 deaths per 100 live births 0.978 deaths per 100 live births 0.419 deaths per 100 live births Bulgaria
2010s 0.861 deaths per 100 live births 0.652 deaths per 100 live births 0.209 deaths per 100 live births Bulgaria
2020s 0.61 deaths per 100 live births 0.542 deaths per 100 live births 0.068 deaths per 100 live births Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Bulgaria or Serbia?
Bulgaria, at 0.57 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Bulgaria and Serbia?
0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?
42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
Bulgaria ranks 151st and Serbia ranks 155th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 13,286 data points, 1950–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.