Bulgaria

Child mortality in Bulgaria

Child mortality in Bulgaria: 21.7 per 100 live births in 1947 and 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.6 per 100 live births
Since 1947
−21.1 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
Watch it change on the map

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

Child mortality in BulgariaChild mortality in Bulgaria: 21.7 per 100 live births in 1947 and 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearBulgariaWorld
20240.63.7
20230.63.8
20220.64
20210.64
20200.73.9
20190.74
20180.74
20170.74.1
20160.84.2
20150.84.3
20140.94.4
20130.94.5
201214.7
201115
20101.15.1
20091.15.3
20081.15.5
20071.25.7
20061.36
20051.36.2
20041.46.6
20031.56.8
20021.67.1
20011.77.4
20001.87.7
19991.87.9
19981.98.3
19971.98.4
19961.98.6
19951.98.8
19941.98.9
19931.99.1
19921.99.2
19911.99.3
19901.89.4
19891.89.5
19881.810
19871.89.9
19861.910.3
1985210.6
19842.110.9
19832.211.1
19822.211.2
19812.311.6
19802.411.9
19792.511.9
19782.612.3
19772.712.6
19762.812.8
19752.913.1
19742.913.3
1973313.5
1972313.7
19713.113.9
19703.214.2
19693.414.6
19683.615
19673.615.3
19663.715.1
19653.715.1
19643.915.7
19634.116.2
19624.417
19614.918.8
19605.520.2
19596.119.9
19586.919.7
19577.720.5
19568.621.3
19559.522.3
195410.422.8
195311.223.3
195212.123.9
19511324.3
195013.924.7
194914.924.9
19482024.9
194721.725.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
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

Good to know

  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Bulgaria in numbers

Every measure for Bulgaria on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby