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Infant mortality rate in Bulgaria

The infant mortality rate in Bulgaria was 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) Unit: Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Bulgaria, 2024 4.5 Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2023: 4.9 per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024 3.5 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 3.3 per 1,000 live births Middle value of 27 countries

Infant mortality rate in Bulgaria over time

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Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) (deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 4.5 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2023 4.9 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 4.8 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 5.6 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 5.1 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2019 5.6 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2018 5.8 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2017 6.4 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2016 6.5 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 6.6 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2014 7.6 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2013 7.3 per 1,000 live births 3.7 per 1,000 live births
2012 7.8 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 8.5 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2010 9.4 per 1,000 live births 4.0 per 1,000 live births
2009 9.0 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2008 8.6 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 9.2 per 1,000 live births 4.4 per 1,000 live births
2006 9.7 per 1,000 live births 4.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 10.4 per 1,000 live births 4.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 11.6 per 1,000 live births 5.1 per 1,000 live births
2003 12.3 per 1,000 live births 5.2 per 1,000 live births
2002 13.3 per 1,000 live births 5.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 14.4 per 1,000 live births 5.8 per 1,000 live births
2000 13.3 per 1,000 live births 6.0 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.6 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −3.1.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3.5 per 1,000 live births.

More for Bulgaria

All statistics for Bulgaria
Infant mortality rate 4.6 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 75.8 years 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 870 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 467 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 64.6% 2025 · Eurostat Health spending share of GDP 8.5% 2024 · Eurostat

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_minfind · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A indic_de=INFMORRT unit=RT
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Bulgaria
Provider update
7 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat