Bulgaria vs China: Child mortality rate by sex
Bulgaria
0.5238 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China
0.5419 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
154th
China rank
151st
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 0.5419 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5238 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0181 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 56 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 154th and China ranks 151st 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 | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | 8.46 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 8.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.56 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 4.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 0.7728 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3017 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.5586 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6228 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0642 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Bulgaria or China?
- China, at 0.5419 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5238 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Bulgaria and China?
- 0.0181 deaths per 100 live births, with China 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 rate by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 154th and China ranks 151st 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 rate 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .