What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bulgaria and Serbia?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Mortality rate, infant

Bulgaria

4.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Serbia

4.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

153rd

Serbia rank

153rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Bulgaria
Serbia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Serbia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 153rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Serbia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	15.03 per 1,000 live births	31.25 per 1,000 live births	16.22 per 1,000 live births	Serbia
1990s	15.27 per 1,000 live births	17.57 per 1,000 live births	2.3 per 1,000 live births	Serbia
2000s	11.56 per 1,000 live births	8.48 per 1,000 live births	3.08 per 1,000 live births	Bulgaria
2010s	7.18 per 1,000 live births	5.6 per 1,000 live births	1.58 per 1,000 live births	Bulgaria
2020s	4.98 per 1,000 live births	4.6 per 1,000 live births	0.38 per 1,000 live births	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Bulgaria or Serbia?: Bulgaria, at 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bulgaria and Serbia?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 153rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.