Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Bangladesh
28.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eritrea
30.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Eritrea rank
54th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Bangladesh
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea ranks 54th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 228.54 per 1,000 live births | 198.86 per 1,000 live births | 29.68 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 179.59 per 1,000 live births | 194.15 per 1,000 live births | 14.56 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 115.35 per 1,000 live births | 110.93 per 1,000 live births | 4.42 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 62.52 per 1,000 live births | 62.56 per 1,000 live births | 0.04 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 37.21 per 1,000 live births | 41.89 per 1,000 live births | 4.68 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 28.66 per 1,000 live births | 32.24 per 1,000 live births | 3.58 per 1,000 live births | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bangladesh or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 30.2 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and Eritrea 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, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.