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

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

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

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Mortality rate, under-5

Bulgaria

5.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Serbia

5.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

150th

Serbia rank

153rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Bulgaria
Serbia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Serbia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 150th and Serbia ranks 153rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Serbia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	18.78 per 1,000 live births	36.47 per 1,000 live births	17.68 per 1,000 live births	Serbia
1990s	18.99 per 1,000 live births	20.3 per 1,000 live births	1.31 per 1,000 live births	Serbia
2000s	13.97 per 1,000 live births	9.78 per 1,000 live births	4.19 per 1,000 live births	Bulgaria
2010s	8.61 per 1,000 live births	6.52 per 1,000 live births	2.09 per 1,000 live births	Bulgaria
2020s	6.1 per 1,000 live births	5.42 per 1,000 live births	0.68 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 Serbia?: Bulgaria, at 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bulgaria and Serbia?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Bulgaria ranks 150th and Serbia 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.