Bangladesh vs Gabon: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Bangladesh
28.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
Gabon rank
56th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Gabon
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How they compare

Gabon currently reports 28.9 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 57th and Gabon ranks 56th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Gabon Difference Ahead
1960s 234.83 per 1,000 live births 180.02 per 1,000 live births 54.81 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1970s 249.86 per 1,000 live births 126.88 per 1,000 live births 122.98 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1980s 179.59 per 1,000 live births 89.57 per 1,000 live births 90.02 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
1990s 115.35 per 1,000 live births 72.47 per 1,000 live births 42.88 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2000s 62.52 per 1,000 live births 58.47 per 1,000 live births 4.05 per 1,000 live births Bangladesh
2010s 37.21 per 1,000 live births 40.56 per 1,000 live births 3.35 per 1,000 live births Gabon
2020s 28.66 per 1,000 live births 30.76 per 1,000 live births 2.1 per 1,000 live births Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bangladesh or Gabon?
Gabon, at 28.9 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 Gabon?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Gabon?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Gabon rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Bangladesh ranks 57th and Gabon ranks 56th 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.