Bangladesh vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bangladesh
17.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
17.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
51st
Rwanda rank
53rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 17.9 per 1,000 live births against 17.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 51st and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 96.17 per 1,000 live births 60.59 per 1,000 live births 35.58 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1970s 94.6 per 1,000 live births 61.49 per 1,000 live births 33.11 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1980s 78.68 per 1,000 live births 48.23 per 1,000 live births 30.45 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1990s 55.35 per 1,000 live births 46.77 per 1,000 live births 8.58 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2000s 36 per 1,000 live births 32.32 per 1,000 live births 3.68 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2010s 23.98 per 1,000 live births 20.48 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2020s 18.14 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births 0.24 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bangladesh or Rwanda?
Bangladesh, at 17.9 per 1,000 live births against 17.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bangladesh and Rwanda?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Bangladesh ranks 51st and Rwanda 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, 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.