Bulgaria vs China: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Bulgaria
0.5736 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China
0.5724 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
151st
China rank
152nd
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Bulgaria
- China
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 151st and China ranks 152nd 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 | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 11.8 deaths per 100 live births | 8.4 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5.9 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.57 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 0.8606 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2835 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.6108 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0475 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. gdp per capita, Bulgaria or China?
- Bulgaria, at 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Bulgaria and China?
- 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births, with Bulgaria 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 vs. gdp per capita?
- Bulgaria ranks 151st and China ranks 152nd 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .