What is child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria?

Child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria was 0.5736 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 child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Bulgaria?

The highest recorded value was 14.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1949.

What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Bulgaria?

The lowest recorded value was 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Bulgaria rank for child mortality vs. health spending?

Bulgaria ranks 151st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Bulgaria?

Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

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 Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria

Name: Child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
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Bulgaria: Child mortality vs. health spending was 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.5736 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.2%

World rank

151st

of 199 countries

All-time high

14.92 deaths per 100 live births

in 1949

All-time low

0.5736 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1949–2024

Child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria, 1949–2024

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 child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria is 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria peaked at 14.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1949 and was at its lowest, 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Bulgaria 151st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1940s	14.92 deaths per 100 live births	14.92 deaths per 100 live births	14.92 deaths per 100 live births	1
1950s	9.95 deaths per 100 live births	6.14 deaths per 100 live births	13.93 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	4.08 deaths per 100 live births	3.4 deaths per 100 live births	5.46 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	2.87 deaths per 100 live births	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	3.23 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	2.03 deaths per 100 live births	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	2.38 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	1.9 deaths per 100 live births	1.83 deaths per 100 live births	1.93 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	1.11 deaths per 100 live births	1.75 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.8606 deaths per 100 live births	0.6722 deaths per 100 live births	1.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.6108 deaths per 100 live births	0.5736 deaths per 100 live births	0.6485 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

148 Saudi Arabia 0.5958 deaths per 100 live births compare
149 Qatar 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births compare
150 Sri Lanka 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births compare
152 China 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births compare
153 Croatia 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births compare
154 Anguilla 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Bulgaria

Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 35,768 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 4.08 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 66.4% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 2.07 million (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 36,549 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 34,885 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 60.5% (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 33,230 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 2.01 million (2025)

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria?: Child mortality vs. health spending in Bulgaria was 0.5736 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 child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Bulgaria?: The highest recorded value was 14.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1949.
What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Bulgaria?: The lowest recorded value was 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Bulgaria rank for child mortality vs. health spending?: Bulgaria ranks 151st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Bulgaria?: Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .