Bulgaria vs Maldives: Child mortality rate by sex
Bulgaria
0.5238 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.4978 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
154th
Maldives rank
155th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Maldives
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.5238 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.026 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 154th and Maldives ranks 155th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.43 deaths per 100 live births | 28.79 deaths per 100 live births | 25.37 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 19.78 deaths per 100 live births | 17.25 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | 9.36 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 4.29 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9864 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.7728 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1608 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5586 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0011 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 Maldives?
- Bulgaria, at 0.5238 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Bulgaria and Maldives?
- 0.026 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Maldives rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 154th and Maldives ranks 155th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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 .