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
00.511.52194719852024

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

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).