Bangladesh vs Gabon: Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
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 vs. share in extreme poverty 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 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 58th and Gabon ranks 56th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 vs. share in extreme poverty, 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 vs. share in extreme poverty 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?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Gabon rank globally for child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty?
- 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 vs. share in extreme poverty. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .