Bulgaria vs Maldives: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Bulgaria
5.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives
5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
152nd
Maldives rank
153rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 5.2 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 153rd of 197 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 34.26 per 1,000 live births 287.94 per 1,000 live births 253.68 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1970s 25.21 per 1,000 live births 197.73 per 1,000 live births 172.52 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1980s 17.91 per 1,000 live births 111.46 per 1,000 live births 93.55 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1990s 16.78 per 1,000 live births 59.66 per 1,000 live births 42.88 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2000s 12.47 per 1,000 live births 22.35 per 1,000 live births 9.88 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2010s 7.72 per 1,000 live births 9.34 per 1,000 live births 1.62 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2020s 5.58 per 1,000 live births 5.58 per 1,000 live births 0 per 1,000 live births

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bulgaria or Maldives?
Bulgaria, at 5.2 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bulgaria and Maldives?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria 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 mortality rate, under-5, female?
Bulgaria ranks 152nd and Maldives 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, 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.