Bangladesh vs Congo: Mortality rate, infant, female

Bangladesh
22.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo
24 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
56th
Congo rank
53rd

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Congo
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 24 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 56th and Congo ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Congo in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Congo Difference Ahead
1960s 146.48 per 1,000 live births 78.01 per 1,000 live births 68.47 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1970s 146.9 per 1,000 live births 63.12 per 1,000 live births 83.78 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1980s 108.78 per 1,000 live births 53.28 per 1,000 live births 55.5 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1990s 73.54 per 1,000 live births 59.94 per 1,000 live births 13.6 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2000s 43.95 per 1,000 live births 53.13 per 1,000 live births 9.18 per 1,000 live births Congo
2010s 28.47 per 1,000 live births 32.36 per 1,000 live births 3.89 per 1,000 live births Congo
2020s 22.8 per 1,000 live births 25.48 per 1,000 live births 2.68 per 1,000 live births Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Bangladesh or Congo?
Congo, at 24 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Bangladesh and Congo?
1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Congo?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Congo rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Bangladesh ranks 56th and Congo ranks 53rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.