What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Bulgaria and China?

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

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

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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, under-5, male (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, under-5, male

Bulgaria

6.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

China

6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

148th

China rank

151st

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Bulgaria
China

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 6 per 1,000 live births in China, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 148th and China ranks 151st 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	37.7 per 1,000 live births	121.2 per 1,000 live births	83.5 per 1,000 live births	China
1970s	32.05 per 1,000 live births	90.65 per 1,000 live births	58.6 per 1,000 live births	China
1980s	22.63 per 1,000 live births	58.48 per 1,000 live births	35.85 per 1,000 live births	China
1990s	21.1 per 1,000 live births	49.81 per 1,000 live births	28.71 per 1,000 live births	China
2000s	15.38 per 1,000 live births	27.34 per 1,000 live births	11.96 per 1,000 live births	China
2010s	9.43 per 1,000 live births	12.1 per 1,000 live births	2.67 per 1,000 live births	China
2020s	6.6 per 1,000 live births	6.92 per 1,000 live births	0.32 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, male, Bulgaria or China?: Bulgaria, at 6.2 per 1,000 live births against 6 per 1,000 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Bulgaria and China?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria 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, male?: Bulgaria ranks 148th and China ranks 151st 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, male (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, male (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: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.