Bulgaria vs China: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Bulgaria
5.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
China
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
152nd
China rank
149th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Bulgaria
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.2 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 56 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 152nd and China ranks 149th of 197 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.1 per 1,000 live births | 114.7 per 1,000 live births | 84.6 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1970s | 25.21 per 1,000 live births | 84.58 per 1,000 live births | 59.37 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1980s | 17.91 per 1,000 live births | 53.54 per 1,000 live births | 35.63 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1990s | 16.78 per 1,000 live births | 45.22 per 1,000 live births | 28.44 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2000s | 12.47 per 1,000 live births | 24.34 per 1,000 live births | 11.87 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2010s | 7.72 per 1,000 live births | 10.74 per 1,000 live births | 3.02 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2020s | 5.58 per 1,000 live births | 6.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.64 per 1,000 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bulgaria or China?
- China, at 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.2 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bulgaria and China?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and China?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and China rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Bulgaria ranks 152nd and China ranks 149th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.