What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia?

0.0183 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Saudi Arabia: Youth mortality rate

Bulgaria

0.7235 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

0.7418 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

153rd

Saudi Arabia rank

150th

Youth mortality rate over time

Bulgaria
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.7418 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7235 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0183 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th of 199 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.27 deaths per 100 live births	3.85 deaths per 100 live births	1.58 deaths per 100 live births	Saudi Arabia
2000s	1.68 deaths per 100 live births	2.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.3841 deaths per 100 live births	Saudi Arabia
2010s	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	0.1009 deaths per 100 live births	Saudi Arabia
2020s	0.7687 deaths per 100 live births	0.799 deaths per 100 live births	0.0302 deaths per 100 live births	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Bulgaria or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 0.7418 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7235 deaths per 100 live births in Bulgaria as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0183 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.