Bulgaria vs Denmark: Mortality rate, neonatal
Bulgaria
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Denmark
2.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
160th
Denmark rank
157th
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 160th and Denmark ranks 157th of 196 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.28 per 1,000 live births | 13.08 per 1,000 live births | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 12.73 per 1,000 live births | 8.05 per 1,000 live births | 4.68 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 8.81 per 1,000 live births | 4.85 per 1,000 live births | 3.96 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | 3.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.46 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 6.31 per 1,000 live births | 3.11 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 4.19 per 1,000 live births | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 1.39 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2.56 per 1,000 live births | 0.24 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bulgaria or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bulgaria and Denmark?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Denmark?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Denmark rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Bulgaria ranks 160th and Denmark ranks 157th 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.