What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bulgaria and China?

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

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs China: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bulgaria

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

China

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

160th

China rank

160th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Bulgaria
China

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in China, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 36 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 160th and China ranks 160th of 196 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	China	Difference	Ahead
1980s	7.7 per 1,000 live births	29.7 per 1,000 live births	22 per 1,000 live births	China
1990s	8.4 per 1,000 live births	26.72 per 1,000 live births	18.32 per 1,000 live births	China
2000s	6.31 per 1,000 live births	14.89 per 1,000 live births	8.58 per 1,000 live births	China
2010s	4.19 per 1,000 live births	5.78 per 1,000 live births	1.59 per 1,000 live births	China
2020s	2.8 per 1,000 live births	3.02 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bulgaria or China?: Bulgaria, at 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bulgaria and China?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and China?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and China rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Bulgaria ranks 160th and China ranks 160th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.