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Infant mortality in Bulgaria

1960 – 2024 · 65 data points 26 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Infant mortality, 1960 – 2024 per 1,000 people · Bulgaria · World
−2.7 since 2014
Bulgaria World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Compared with Infant mortality · per 1,000 people
Bulgaria
4.6
World
27.7

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bulgaria · 1960 – 2024
Latest value 4.6 · 2024
First value 44.9 · 1960
Highest 44.9 · 1960
Lowest 4.6 · 2024
Data points 65

By year

All years · 1960 – 2024

YearBulgariaChange World
2024 4.6 −0.2 27.7
2023 4.8 −0.2 28.4
2022 5.0 −0.2 29.3
2021 5.2 −0.1 29.3
2020 5.3 −0.2 29.1
2019 5.5 −0.3 29.2
2018 5.8 −0.3 29.6
2017 6.1 −0.3 30.0
2016 6.4 −0.4 30.6
2015 6.8 −0.5 31.5
2014 7.3 −0.5 32.1
2013 7.8 −0.5 33.1
2012 8.3 −0.4 34.0
2011 8.7 −0.4 35.9
2010 9.1 −0.2 36.7
2009 9.3 −0.2 38.0
2008 9.5 −0.4 39.2
2007 9.9 −0.5 40.7
2006 10.4 −0.6 42.3
2005 11.0 −0.8 44.1
2004 11.8 −0.7 46.3
2003 12.5 −0.7 48.0
2002 13.2 −0.5 49.9
2001 13.7 −0.6 51.9
2000 14.3 −0.6 53.3
1999 14.9 −0.5 55.1
1998 15.4 −0.2 57.0
1997 15.6 ±0.0 58.1
1996 15.6 +0.1 59.5
1995 15.5 +0.1 60.2
1994 15.4 ±0.0 61.4
1993 15.4 +0.1 62.5
1992 15.3 +0.3 63.3
1991 15.0 +0.4 64.0
1990 14.6 +0.3 64.0
1989 14.3 +0.2 —
1988 14.1 −0.3 —
1987 14.4 −0.6 —
1986 15.0 −0.8 —
1985 15.8 −0.8 —
1984 16.6 −0.8 —
1983 17.4 −0.7 —
1982 18.1 −0.7 —
1981 18.8 −0.8 —
1980 19.6 −1.1 —
1979 20.7 −1.1 —
1978 21.8 −0.9 —
1977 22.7 −0.8 —
1976 23.5 −0.6 —
1975 24.1 −0.6 —
1974 24.7 −0.5 —
1973 25.2 −0.5 —
1972 25.7 −0.7 —
1971 26.4 −1.1 —
1970 27.5 −1.4 —
1969 28.9 −1.3 —
1968 30.2 −0.7 —
1967 30.9 −0.2 —
1966 31.1 −0.3 —
1965 31.4 −1.0 —
1964 32.4 −1.8 —
1963 34.2 −2.6 —
1962 36.8 −3.6 —
1961 40.4 −4.5 —
1960 44.9 —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInfant mortality
41 Finland 1.9
40 Norway 2.0
39 Czechia 2.5
38 South Korea 2.6
37 Italy 2.7
36 Spain 2.7
35 Germany 3.2
34 France 3.3
33 Netherlands 3.5
32 Lithuania 3.5
31 Greece 3.6
30 United Kingdom 3.8
29 Poland 3.9
28 Canada 4.5
27 Russia 5.1
26 United States 5.6
25 Bulgaria 5.8
24 Saudi Arabia 6.0
23 Romania 6.1
22 Chile 6.3
21 China 6.4
20 Argentina 9.1
19 Türkiye 9.7
18 Ecuador 11.9
17 Lebanon 12.2
16 Colombia 12.7
15 Brazil 13.1
14 Mexico 14.0
13 Honduras 15.4
12 Indonesia 19.3
11 Algeria 21.0
10 Philippines 22.5
9 Egypt 23.1
8 Bangladesh 26.2
7 Gabon 31.1
6 India 31.3
5 Congo - Brazzaville 32.2
4 Yemen 39.7
3 Congo - Kinshasa 55.8
2 Liberia 63.4
1 Sierra Leone 66.3

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

What it means

Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.

How it is calculated

Deaths under one year of age divided by live births, times 1,000.