Bulgaria vs China: Number of child deaths per woman
Bulgaria
0.0095 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
China
0.0096 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
153rd
China rank
152nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Bulgaria
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0095 under-five deaths per woman in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 153rd and China ranks 152nd of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and China in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2172 under-five deaths per woman | 1.57 under-five deaths per woman | 1.35 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 1960s | 0.0953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.96 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8647 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 1970s | 0.0624 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3746 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3123 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 1980s | 0.0405 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1507 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1102 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 1990s | 0.026 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0831 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0571 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 2000s | 0.0189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0419 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0229 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 2010s | 0.0132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0195 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0063 under-five deaths per woman | China |
| 2020s | 0.0099 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0097 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Bulgaria or China?
- China, at 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0095 under-five deaths per woman in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Bulgaria and China?
- 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and China?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and China rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Bulgaria ranks 153rd and China ranks 152nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).