What is neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria?

Neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria was 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bulgaria?

The highest recorded value was 1.48 deaths per 100 live births in 1964.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bulgaria?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Bulgaria rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Bulgaria ranks 166th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Bulgaria?

Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Bulgaria data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bulgaria: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.2582 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 2.9%

World rank

166th

of 199 countries

All-time high

1.48 deaths per 100 live births

in 1964

All-time low

0.2582 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1964–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria, 1964–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

The most recent figure for neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria is 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria peaked at 1.48 deaths per 100 live births in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Bulgaria ranks 166th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.43 deaths per 100 live births	1.37 deaths per 100 live births	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	6
1970s	1.27 deaths per 100 live births	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	1.37 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	0.8792 deaths per 100 live births	0.7636 deaths per 100 live births	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	0.84 deaths per 100 live births	0.8014 deaths per 100 live births	0.8751 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	0.6305 deaths per 100 live births	0.5145 deaths per 100 live births	0.7868 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.4179 deaths per 100 live births	0.3235 deaths per 100 live births	0.5101 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.2785 deaths per 100 live births	0.2582 deaths per 100 live births	0.3043 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

163 Netherlands 0.2623 deaths per 100 live births compare
164 China 0.2594 deaths per 100 live births compare
165 Ireland 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births compare
167 Poland 0.2468 deaths per 100 live births compare
168 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2419 deaths per 100 live births compare
169 United Arab Emirates 0.2361 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Bulgaria

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,422 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 39 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 33,740 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 32,326 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 32,847 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 31,139 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 32,049 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 29,959 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria?: Neonatal mortality rate in Bulgaria was 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bulgaria?: The highest recorded value was 1.48 deaths per 100 live births in 1964.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bulgaria?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2582 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Bulgaria rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Bulgaria ranks 166th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Bulgaria?: Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Neonatal 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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .