Bulgaria vs Puerto Rico: Child mortality rate
Bulgaria
0.7%
in 2019
Puerto Rico
0.8%
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
149th
Puerto Rico rank
145th
Child mortality rate over time
- Bulgaria
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 149th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.3% | 8.3% | 2.0% | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 4.2% | 4.8% | 0.6% | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 0.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Bulgaria or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Bulgaria as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bulgaria and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Puerto Rico?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Bulgaria and Puerto Rico rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 149th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death before the age of five.