Bangladesh vs India: Mortality rate, infant, female
Bangladesh
22.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
23 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
56th
India rank
55th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 23 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 56th and India ranks 55th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 146.48 per 1,000 live births | 137.53 per 1,000 live births | 8.95 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 146.9 per 1,000 live births | 120.54 per 1,000 live births | 26.36 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 108.78 per 1,000 live births | 93.59 per 1,000 live births | 15.19 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 73.54 per 1,000 live births | 75.35 per 1,000 live births | 1.81 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2000s | 43.95 per 1,000 live births | 58.21 per 1,000 live births | 14.26 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2010s | 28.47 per 1,000 live births | 38.04 per 1,000 live births | 9.57 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2020s | 22.8 per 1,000 live births | 25.56 per 1,000 live births | 2.76 per 1,000 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Bangladesh or India?
- India, at 23 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 India?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Bangladesh ranks 56th and India ranks 55th 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
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.