Bulgaria vs Romania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Bulgaria and 0.7 per 100 live births in Romania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.28 times that in Bulgaria.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2021.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2024	0.6	0.7	3.7
2023	0.6	0.7	3.8
2022	0.6	0.7	4
2021	0.6	0.6	4
2020	0.7	0.7	3.9
2019	0.7	0.7	4
2018	0.7	0.7	4
2017	0.7	0.8	4.1
2016	0.8	0.9	4.2
2015	0.8	0.9	4.3
2014	0.9	1	4.4
2013	0.9	1.1	4.5
2012	1	1.1	4.7
2011	1	1.2	5
2010	1.1	1.2	5.1
2009	1.1	1.3	5.3
2008	1.1	1.4	5.5
2007	1.2	1.5	5.7
2006	1.3	1.7	6
2005	1.3	1.8	6.2
2004	1.4	1.9	6.6
2003	1.5	2	6.8
2002	1.6	2	7.1
2001	1.7	2.1	7.4
2000	1.8	2.1	7.7
1999	1.8	2.3	7.9
1998	1.9	2.5	8.3
1997	1.9	2.6	8.4
1996	1.9	2.7	8.6
1995	1.9	2.7	8.8
1994	1.9	2.8	8.9
1993	1.9	2.8	9.1
1992	1.9	2.9	9.2
1991	1.9	3	9.3
1990	1.8	3.1	9.4
1989	1.8	3.3	9.5
1988	1.8	3.5	10
1987	1.8	3.5	9.9
1986	1.9	3.3	10.3
1985	2	3.2	10.6
1984	2.1	3.1	10.9
1983	2.2	3.1	11.1
1982	2.2	3.3	11.2
1981	2.3	3.4	11.6
1980	2.4	3.6	11.9
1979	2.5	3.7	11.9
1978	2.6	3.7	12.3
1977	2.7	3.9	12.6
1976	2.8	4.1	12.8
1975	2.9	4.3	13.1
1974	2.9	4.4	13.3
1973	3	4.5	13.5
1972	3	4.7	13.7
1971	3.1	5	13.9
1970	3.2	5.5	14.2
1969	3.4	6.2	14.6
1968	3.6	6.7	15
1967	3.6	6.4	15.3
1966	3.7	5.7	15.1
1965	3.7	5.3	15.1
1964	3.9	5.5	15.7
1963	4.1	6.1	16.2
1962	4.4	7	17
1961	4.9	8	18.8
1960	5.5	8.8	20.2
1959	6.1	9.4	19.9
1958	6.9	9.7	19.7
1957	7.7	9.9	20.5
1956	8.6	10	21.3
1955	9.5	10.1	22.3
1954	10.4	12.9	22.8
1953	11.2	14.2	23.3
1952	12.1	15.9	23.9
1951	13	18.3	24.3
1950	13.9	18.1	24.7
1949	14.9	21.7	24.9
1948	20	23	24.9
1947	21.7	32.5	25.5
1946	–	26.7	25.8
1945	–	30.6	26.7
1944	–	26.4	27.4
1943	–	29.9	27.7
1942	–	28.9	27.9
1941	–	27	27.8
1940	–	30.6	27.9
1939	–	28.6	28
1938	–	29.8	28.7
1937	–	28.9	28.8
1936	–	28.4	29.1
1935	–	31.2	29.5
1934	–	29.6	30.7
1933	–	28.3	30.5
1932	–	30.1	30.7
1931	–	29.3	31.4
1930	–	28.6	31.6
1929	–	32	32
1928	–	29.9	31.9
1927	–	34	31.9
1926	–	31.6	32.7
1925	–	31.2	32.4
1924	–	32.7	33.1
1923	–	33.7	33.1
1922	–	33.7	33.2
1921	–	32.5	34.2
1920	–	35.9	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	32.4	35.3
1914	–	35.3	35.4
1913	–	37.9	35.1
1912	–	35.1	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	47.8	39.5
1902	–	34.5	40.1
1901	–	32.9	40.8
1900	–	32	40.9
1899	–	32.2	40.8
1898	–	36.1	41.2
1897	–	35	41
1896	–	37.4	41.1
1895	–	32.7	41.3
1894	–	36.9	41.2
1893	–	35.3	41.2
1892	–	39.5	41.7
1891	–	34	41.3
1890	–	34.3	41.5
1889	–	31.1	41.2
1888	–	32.4	41
1887	–	31.4	41.1
1886	–	29.8	41.1
1885	–	27.6	41.2
1884	–	28.9	41.1
1883	–	28.4	41.4
1882	–	32.4	41.5
1881	–	28.8	41.1
1880	–	37.4	41.6
1879	–	30.1	41.1
1878	–	36.4	41.6
1877	–	30.9	41.2
1876	–	31.9	41.4
1875	–	33	41.5
1874	–	34.8	41.7
1873	–	31.1	41.8
1872	–	32.2	42.1
1871	–	23.2	42.2
1870	–	25.9	41.9
1869	–	31.4	42.1
1868	–	33	42.4
1867	–	31.6	42
1866	–	38.8	42.1
1865	–	35.6	42.3
1864	–	39.8	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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