What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bangladesh and Gabon?

0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Gabon?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Gabon: Child mortality rate

Bangladesh

3.05 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gabon

3.26 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

58th

Gabon rank

56th

Child mortality rate over time

Bangladesh
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 3.26 deaths per 100 live births against 3.05 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 58th and Gabon ranks 56th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Gabon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1970s	25.21 deaths per 100 live births	13.53 deaths per 100 live births	11.67 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
1980s	18.09 deaths per 100 live births	9.71 deaths per 100 live births	8.38 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
1990s	11.87 deaths per 100 live births	7.96 deaths per 100 live births	3.91 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
2000s	6.62 deaths per 100 live births	6.46 deaths per 100 live births	0.1664 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
2010s	3.99 deaths per 100 live births	4.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.5558 deaths per 100 live births	Gabon
2020s	3.08 deaths per 100 live births	3.47 deaths per 100 live births	0.3912 deaths per 100 live births	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Bangladesh or Gabon?: Gabon, at 3.26 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 between Bangladesh and Gabon?: 0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Gabon?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Gabon rank globally for child mortality rate?: Bangladesh ranks 58th and Gabon ranks 56th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .