Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Child mortality rate by sex
Bangladesh
2.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
3.02 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Eritrea rank
54th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Bangladesh
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 3.02 deaths per 100 live births against 2.83 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.86 deaths per 100 live births | 19.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 17.96 deaths per 100 live births | 19.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 11.53 deaths per 100 live births | 11.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4412 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 6.25 deaths per 100 live births | 6.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.005 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 3.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4693 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3595 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Bangladesh or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 3.02 deaths per 100 live births against 2.83 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Eritrea rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .