Bulgaria vs Maldives: Infant mortality rate by sex
Bulgaria
0.4223 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.4339 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
155th
Maldives rank
153rd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.4339 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4223 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 155th and Maldives ranks 153rd of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | 20.64 deaths per 100 live births | 17.79 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 15.07 deaths per 100 live births | 12.97 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 7.54 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 4.99 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8684 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.6392 deaths per 100 live births | 0.805 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1659 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.4538 deaths per 100 live births | 0.485 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0312 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Bulgaria or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.4339 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4223 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Bulgaria and Maldives?
- 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives 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 infant mortality rate by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 155th and Maldives ranks 153rd 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .