Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Infant mortality by sex
Bangladesh
2.61 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
2.8 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
59th
Eritrea rank
56th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Bangladesh
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 2.8 deaths per 100 live births against 2.61 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 59th and Eritrea ranks 56th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Eritrea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.66 deaths per 100 live births | 11.29 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 12.5 deaths per 100 live births | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.71 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 8.57 deaths per 100 live births | 7.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9542 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1267 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 3.28 deaths per 100 live births | 3.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4627 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3629 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Bangladesh or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 2.8 deaths per 100 live births against 2.61 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality 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 infant mortality by sex?
- Bangladesh ranks 59th and Eritrea 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 Infant mortality 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .