Bangladesh vs Dominican Republic: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Bangladesh
30.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Dominican Republic
30.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
58th
Dominican Republic rank
57th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Bangladesh
- Dominican Republic
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 30.6 per 1,000 live births against 30.5 per 1,000 live births in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.1 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 58th and Dominican Republic ranks 57th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 6 and Dominican Republic in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Dominican Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.11 per 1,000 live births | 138.93 per 1,000 live births | 101.18 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 252.06 per 1,000 live births | 106.92 per 1,000 live births | 145.14 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 180.93 per 1,000 live births | 73.74 per 1,000 live births | 107.19 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 118.68 per 1,000 live births | 49.24 per 1,000 live births | 69.44 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 66.24 per 1,000 live births | 36.62 per 1,000 live births | 29.62 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 39.85 per 1,000 live births | 34.8 per 1,000 live births | 5.05 per 1,000 live births | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 30.82 per 1,000 live births | 32.24 per 1,000 live births | 1.42 per 1,000 live births | Dominican Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bangladesh or Dominican Republic?
- Dominican Republic, at 30.6 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 Dominican Republic?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Dominican Republic?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Dominican Republic rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Bangladesh ranks 58th and Dominican Republic ranks 57th 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.