Bulgaria vs Sri Lanka: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Bulgaria
0.4%
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.4%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
181st
Sri Lanka rank
178th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Bulgaria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 181st and Sri Lanka ranks 178th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.2% | 8.5% | 1.3% | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 3.1% | 5.8% | 2.7% | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 2.1% | 4.4% | 2.3% | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Bulgaria or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.0%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Sri Lanka rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Bulgaria ranks 181st and Sri Lanka ranks 178th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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.