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

0.0014 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia 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 rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Croatia: Child mortality rate by sex

Bulgaria

0.5238 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia

0.5252 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

154th

Croatia rank

153rd

Child mortality rate by sex over time

Bulgaria
Croatia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.5252 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5238 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 154th and Croatia ranks 153rd 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	1.76 deaths per 100 live births	1.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.2162 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
1990s	1.68 deaths per 100 live births	0.9378 deaths per 100 live births	0.7389 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2000s	1.25 deaths per 100 live births	0.6429 deaths per 100 live births	0.6045 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2010s	0.7728 deaths per 100 live births	0.4582 deaths per 100 live births	0.3146 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria
2020s	0.5586 deaths per 100 live births	0.4526 deaths per 100 live births	0.1059 deaths per 100 live births	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Bulgaria or Croatia?: Croatia, at 0.5252 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 Croatia?: 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia 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 rate by sex?: Bulgaria ranks 154th and Croatia ranks 153rd 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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Indicator: Child mortality rate 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .