Bangladesh vs Botswana: Mortality rate, under-5
Bangladesh
30.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana
33.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
58th
Botswana rank
55th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 2.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 58th and Botswana ranks 55th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Botswana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.11 per 1,000 live births | 148.12 per 1,000 live births | 91.99 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 252.06 per 1,000 live births | 102.43 per 1,000 live births | 149.63 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 180.93 per 1,000 live births | 59.26 per 1,000 live births | 121.67 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 118.68 per 1,000 live births | 65.4 per 1,000 live births | 53.28 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 66.24 per 1,000 live births | 71.48 per 1,000 live births | 5.24 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 39.85 per 1,000 live births | 48.55 per 1,000 live births | 8.7 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 30.82 per 1,000 live births | 35.92 per 1,000 live births | 5.1 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bangladesh or Botswana?
- Botswana, at 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bangladesh and Botswana?
- 2.8 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Botswana?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Botswana rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Bangladesh ranks 58th and Botswana ranks 55th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.