Bulgaria vs Maldives: Number of child deaths per woman
Bulgaria
0.0095 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Maldives
0.01 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
153rd
Maldives rank
150th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Bulgaria
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.01 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0095 under-five deaths per woman in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0005 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Maldives ranks 150th of 200 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0821 under-five deaths per woman | 2.13 under-five deaths per woman | 2.05 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.0624 under-five deaths per woman | 1.51 under-five deaths per woman | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.0405 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8342 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7936 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.026 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3086 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2825 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.0189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0602 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0413 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.0132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0213 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0081 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.0099 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0109 under-five deaths per woman | 0.001 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Bulgaria or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.01 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 Maldives?
- 0.0005 under-five deaths per woman, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Maldives rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Bulgaria ranks 153rd and Maldives ranks 150th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).