Bangladesh vs Botswana: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Bangladesh
3.05 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Botswana
3.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
58th
Botswana rank
55th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 3.33 deaths per 100 live births against 3.05 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.28 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 58th and Botswana ranks 55th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Botswana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29.12 deaths per 100 live births | 18.67 deaths per 100 live births | 10.45 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 24.01 deaths per 100 live births | 14.81 deaths per 100 live births | 9.2 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 25.21 deaths per 100 live births | 10.24 deaths per 100 live births | 14.96 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 18.09 deaths per 100 live births | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 12.17 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 11.87 deaths per 100 live births | 6.54 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 6.62 deaths per 100 live births | 7.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.524 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 3.99 deaths per 100 live births | 4.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.87 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.51 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Bangladesh or Botswana?
- Botswana, at 3.33 deaths per 100 live births against 3.05 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Bangladesh and Botswana?
- 0.28 deaths per 100 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Botswana?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Botswana rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 58th and Botswana ranks 55th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.