Bangladesh vs India: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Bangladesh
28.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
26.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
57th
India rank
59th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 57th and India ranks 59th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 234.83 per 1,000 live births | 234.35 per 1,000 live births | 0.48 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 249.86 per 1,000 live births | 202.77 per 1,000 live births | 47.09 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 179.59 per 1,000 live births | 154.85 per 1,000 live births | 24.74 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 115.35 per 1,000 live births | 116.67 per 1,000 live births | 1.32 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2000s | 62.52 per 1,000 live births | 80.29 per 1,000 live births | 17.77 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2010s | 37.21 per 1,000 live births | 47.3 per 1,000 live births | 10.09 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2020s | 28.66 per 1,000 live births | 29.92 per 1,000 live births | 1.26 per 1,000 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bangladesh or India?
- Bangladesh, at 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bangladesh and India?
- 1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Bangladesh ranks 57th and India ranks 59th 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.