Bangladesh vs Congo: Infant mortality rate
Bangladesh
2.44 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Congo
2.7 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Congo rank
54th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Bangladesh
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 2.7 deaths per 100 live births against 2.44 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.26 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and Congo ranks 54th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Congo in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.97 deaths per 100 live births | 10.96 deaths per 100 live births | 10.01 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 15.93 deaths per 100 live births | 8.54 deaths per 100 live births | 7.39 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 15.76 deaths per 100 live births | 6.96 deaths per 100 live births | 8.8 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 11.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.92 deaths per 100 live births | 5.78 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 7.97 deaths per 100 live births | 6.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 4.79 deaths per 100 live births | 5.83 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 3.07 deaths per 100 live births | 3.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5453 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4069 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Bangladesh or Congo?
- Congo, at 2.7 deaths per 100 live births against 2.44 deaths per 100 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Bangladesh and Congo?
- 0.26 deaths per 100 live births, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Congo?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Congo rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and Congo ranks 54th 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .