Bangladesh vs India: Child mortality rate by sex
Bangladesh
2.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India
2.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
India rank
59th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.67 deaths per 100 live births in India, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and India ranks 59th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 28.71 deaths per 100 live births | 26.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 23.48 deaths per 100 live births | 23.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.047 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 24.99 deaths per 100 live births | 20.28 deaths per 100 live births | 4.71 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 17.96 deaths per 100 live births | 15.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 11.53 deaths per 100 live births | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1337 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 6.25 deaths per 100 live births | 8.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 3.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1262 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Bangladesh or India?
- Bangladesh, at 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.67 deaths per 100 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Bangladesh and India?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and India ranks 59th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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 .