Bulgaria vs Romania: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Bulgaria
0.4%
in 2023
Romania
0.4%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
181st
Romania rank
179th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 181st and Romania ranks 179th of 236 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.2% | 7.7% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1960s | 3.1% | 4.9% | 1.9% | Romania |
| 1970s | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.2% | Romania |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.9% | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 2.0% | 0.6% | Romania |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.3% | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Bulgaria or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0.0%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 181st and Romania ranks 179th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.