Bangladesh vs Burundi: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bangladesh
17.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Burundi
19.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
51st
Burundi rank
48th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Burundi
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 19.1 per 1,000 live births against 17.9 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 51st and Burundi ranks 48th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Burundi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Burundi Difference Ahead
1960s 93.5 per 1,000 live births 49.65 per 1,000 live births 43.85 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1970s 94.6 per 1,000 live births 48.54 per 1,000 live births 46.06 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1980s 78.68 per 1,000 live births 41.64 per 1,000 live births 37.04 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1990s 55.35 per 1,000 live births 38.35 per 1,000 live births 17 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2000s 36 per 1,000 live births 32.99 per 1,000 live births 3.01 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2010s 23.98 per 1,000 live births 24.15 per 1,000 live births 0.17 per 1,000 live births Burundi
2020s 18.14 per 1,000 live births 19.86 per 1,000 live births 1.72 per 1,000 live births Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bangladesh or Burundi?
Burundi, at 19.1 per 1,000 live births against 17.9 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bangladesh and Burundi?
1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burundi?
61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Burundi rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Bangladesh ranks 51st and Burundi ranks 48th 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.