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

0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Bangladesh ahead.

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

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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 Laos: Child mortality rate

Bangladesh

3.05 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Laos

2.94 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

58th

Laos rank

59th

Child mortality rate over time

Bangladesh
Laos

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 3.05 deaths per 100 live births against 2.94 deaths per 100 live births in Laos, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 58th and Laos ranks 59th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1970s	21.48 deaths per 100 live births	20.98 deaths per 100 live births	0.5009 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
1980s	18.09 deaths per 100 live births	17.74 deaths per 100 live births	0.354 deaths per 100 live births	Bangladesh
1990s	11.87 deaths per 100 live births	12.6 deaths per 100 live births	0.7286 deaths per 100 live births	Laos
2000s	6.62 deaths per 100 live births	8.04 deaths per 100 live births	1.41 deaths per 100 live births	Laos
2010s	3.99 deaths per 100 live births	4.63 deaths per 100 live births	0.6486 deaths per 100 live births	Laos
2020s	3.08 deaths per 100 live births	3.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.1108 deaths per 100 live births	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Bangladesh or Laos?: Bangladesh, at 3.05 deaths per 100 live births against 2.94 deaths per 100 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bangladesh and Laos?: 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Laos?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Laos rank globally for child mortality rate?: Bangladesh ranks 58th and Laos 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. 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 .