Bulgaria vs Maldives: Mortality rate, under-5
Bulgaria
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
149th
Maldives rank
152nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Bulgaria
- Maldives
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 149th and Maldives ranks 152nd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.02 per 1,000 live births | 301.68 per 1,000 live births | 263.65 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 28.7 per 1,000 live births | 208.34 per 1,000 live births | 179.64 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 20.32 per 1,000 live births | 119.49 per 1,000 live births | 99.17 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 18.99 per 1,000 live births | 65.5 per 1,000 live births | 46.51 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 13.97 per 1,000 live births | 24.99 per 1,000 live births | 11.02 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 8.61 per 1,000 live births | 10.38 per 1,000 live births | 1.77 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 6.1 per 1,000 live births | 6.08 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bulgaria or Maldives?
- Bulgaria, at 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bulgaria and Maldives?
- 0.3 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?
- Bulgaria ranks 149th and Maldives ranks 152nd 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, under-5 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.