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

0.2 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.

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 Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, under-5

Bulgaria

5.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sri Lanka

5.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

150th

Sri Lanka rank

148th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Bulgaria
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.2 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 150th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th 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	40.77 per 1,000 live births	81.69 per 1,000 live births	40.92 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1970s	28.7 per 1,000 live births	62.68 per 1,000 live births	33.98 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1980s	20.32 per 1,000 live births	33.41 per 1,000 live births	13.09 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1990s	18.99 per 1,000 live births	20.61 per 1,000 live births	1.62 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2000s	13.97 per 1,000 live births	16.52 per 1,000 live births	2.55 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2010s	8.61 per 1,000 live births	9.1 per 1,000 live births	0.49 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2020s	6.1 per 1,000 live births	6.36 per 1,000 live births	0.26 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, Bulgaria or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bulgaria and Sri Lanka?: 0.2 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?: Bulgaria ranks 150th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th 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.