Bulgaria vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Bulgaria
5.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
5.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
152nd
Sri Lanka rank
150th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Bulgaria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.3 per 1,000 live births against 5.2 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 150th of 197 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.85 per 1,000 live births | 79.36 per 1,000 live births | 42.51 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 25.21 per 1,000 live births | 59.39 per 1,000 live births | 34.18 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 17.91 per 1,000 live births | 31.25 per 1,000 live births | 13.34 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 16.78 per 1,000 live births | 18.97 per 1,000 live births | 2.19 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 12.47 per 1,000 live births | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 2.83 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 7.72 per 1,000 live births | 8.12 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5.58 per 1,000 live births | 5.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bulgaria or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.3 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sri Lanka?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Bulgaria ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 150th 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.