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
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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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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.