Bulgaria vs Qatar: Child mortality rate
Bulgaria
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
151st
Qatar rank
149th
Child mortality rate over time
- Bulgaria
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.59 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 151st and Qatar ranks 149th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 9.08 deaths per 100 live births | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1970s | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1980s | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.872 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1990s | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.28 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.324 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.861 deaths per 100 live births | 0.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.071 deaths per 100 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0 deaths per 100 live births | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Bulgaria or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.59 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Qatar rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 151st and Qatar ranks 149th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.