Bangladesh vs Laos: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Bangladesh
32.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Laos
32.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
59th
Laos rank
58th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Bangladesh
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32.6 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 47 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 59th and Laos ranks 58th of 197 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 215.3 per 1,000 live births | 219.05 per 1,000 live births | 3.75 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 1980s | 182.27 per 1,000 live births | 186.5 per 1,000 live births | 4.23 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 1990s | 121.84 per 1,000 live births | 135.12 per 1,000 live births | 13.28 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2000s | 69.79 per 1,000 live births | 88.15 per 1,000 live births | 18.36 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2010s | 42.39 per 1,000 live births | 51.71 per 1,000 live births | 9.32 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
| 2020s | 32.88 per 1,000 live births | 35.82 per 1,000 live births | 2.94 per 1,000 live births | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Bangladesh or Laos?
- Laos, at 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32.6 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Bangladesh and Laos?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Laos?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Bangladesh ranks 59th and Laos ranks 58th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.