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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.