Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Bulgaria

Infant mortality rate in Bulgaria in 2024 — 4.6 per 1,000. Ranked 44 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.8%.

2024 4.6 per 1,000 −4.17% vs 2023
World rank 44of 196
Period maximum 44.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 4.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Bulgaria, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.9 per 1,0001962: 36.8 per 1,0001964: 32.4 per 1,0001966: 31.1 per 1,0001968: 30.2 per 1,0001970: 27.5 per 1,0001972: 25.7 per 1,0001974: 24.7 per 1,0001976: 23.5 per 1,0001978: 21.8 per 1,0001980: 19.6 per 1,0001982: 18.1 per 1,0001984: 16.6 per 1,0001986: 15 per 1,0001988: 14.1 per 1,0001990: 14.6 per 1,0001992: 15.3 per 1,0001994: 15.4 per 1,0001996: 15.6 per 1,0001998: 15.4 per 1,0002000: 14.3 per 1,0002002: 13.2 per 1,0002004: 11.8 per 1,0002006: 10.4 per 1,0002008: 9.5 per 1,0002010: 9.1 per 1,0002012: 8.3 per 1,0002014: 7.3 per 1,0002016: 6.4 per 1,0002018: 5.8 per 1,0002020: 5.3 per 1,0002022: 5 per 1,0002024: 4.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −40.3 (−89.76%) Average annual rate: -3.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 4.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Eastern Europe computed 4.6 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.6 −0.2 −4.17%
2023 4.8 −0.2 −4%
2022 5 −0.2 −3.85%
2021 5.2 −0.1 −1.89%
2020 5.3 −0.2 −3.64%
2019 5.5 −0.3 −5.17%
2018 5.8 −0.3 −4.92%
2017 6.1 −0.3 −4.69%
2016 6.4 −0.4 −5.88%
2015 6.8 −0.5 −6.85%
2014 7.3 −0.5 −6.41%
2013 7.8 −0.5 −6.02%
2012 8.3 −0.4 −4.6%
2011 8.7 −0.4 −4.4%
2010 9.1 −0.2 −2.15%
2009 9.3 −0.2 −2.11%
2008 9.5 −0.4 −4.04%
2007 9.9 −0.5 −4.81%
2006 10.4 −0.6 −5.45%
2005 11 −0.8 −6.78%
2004 11.8 −0.7 −5.6%
2003 12.5 −0.7 −5.3%
2002 13.2 −0.5 −3.65%
2001 13.7 −0.6 −4.2%
2000 14.3 −0.6 −4.03%
1999 14.9 −0.5 −3.25%
1998 15.4 −0.2 −1.28%
1997 15.6 +0 +0%
1996 15.6 +0.1 +0.65%
1995 15.5 +0.1 +0.65%
1994 15.4 +0 +0%
1993 15.4 +0.1 +0.65%
1992 15.3 +0.3 +2%
1991 15 +0.4 +2.74%
1990 14.6 +0.3 +2.1%
1989 14.3 +0.2 +1.42%
1988 14.1 −0.3 −2.08%
1987 14.4 −0.6 −4%
1986 15 −0.8 −5.06%
1985 15.8 −0.8 −4.82%
1984 16.6 −0.8 −4.6%
1983 17.4 −0.7 −3.87%
1982 18.1 −0.7 −3.72%
1981 18.8 −0.8 −4.08%
1980 19.6 −1.1 −5.31%
1979 20.7 −1.1 −5.05%
1978 21.8 −0.9 −3.96%
1977 22.7 −0.8 −3.4%
1976 23.5 −0.6 −2.49%
1975 24.1 −0.6 −2.43%
1974 24.7 −0.5 −1.98%
1973 25.2 −0.5 −1.95%
1972 25.7 −0.7 −2.65%
1971 26.4 −1.1 −4%
1970 27.5 −1.4 −4.84%
1969 28.9 −1.3 −4.3%
1968 30.2 −0.7 −2.27%
1967 30.9 −0.2 −0.64%
1966 31.1 −0.3 −0.96%
1965 31.4 −1 −3.09%
1964 32.4 −1.8 −5.26%
1963 34.2 −2.6 −7.07%
1962 36.8 −3.6 −8.91%
1961 40.4 −4.5 −10.02%
1960 44.9

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.