Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Infant mortality rate by sex
Bangladesh
2.27 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
2.13 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Eritrea rank
59th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Bangladesh
- Eritrea
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 2.27 deaths per 100 live births against 2.13 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea ranks 59th of 199 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.73 deaths per 100 live births | 8.81 deaths per 100 live births | 4.92 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 10.88 deaths per 100 live births | 9.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 7.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 4.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6248 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | 2.82 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0286 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.027 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Bangladesh or Eritrea?
- Bangladesh, at 2.27 deaths per 100 live births against 2.13 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Bangladesh 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 rate by sex?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea ranks 59th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .