Bangladesh vs Congo: Mortality rate, infant
Bangladesh
24.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo
27 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Congo rank
54th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Bangladesh
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 27 per 1,000 live births against 24.4 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 2.6 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 57th and Congo ranks 54th 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 | 159.31 per 1,000 live births | 85.35 per 1,000 live births | 73.96 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 157.6 per 1,000 live births | 69.62 per 1,000 live births | 87.98 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 117.05 per 1,000 live births | 59.22 per 1,000 live births | 57.83 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 79.75 per 1,000 live births | 65.89 per 1,000 live births | 13.86 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 47.9 per 1,000 live births | 58.25 per 1,000 live births | 10.35 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 30.7 per 1,000 live births | 36.13 per 1,000 live births | 5.43 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 24.5 per 1,000 live births | 28.58 per 1,000 live births | 4.08 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Bangladesh or Congo?
- Congo, at 27 per 1,000 live births against 24.4 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bangladesh and Congo?
- 2.6 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?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and Congo ranks 54th 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.