Bangladesh vs Belgium: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 0.4 per 100 live births in Belgium, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.7 per 100 live births, or 8.24 times that in Belgium.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Bangladesh	Belgium	World
2024	3.1	0.4	3.7
2023	3.1	0.4	3.8
2022	3.1	0.4	4
2021	3.1	0.4	4
2020	3.1	0.4	3.9
2019	3.2	0.4	4
2018	3.4	0.4	4
2017	3.5	0.4	4.1
2016	3.7	0.4	4.2
2015	3.9	0.4	4.3
2014	4.1	0.4	4.4
2013	4.2	0.4	4.5
2012	4.4	0.4	4.7
2011	4.7	0.4	5
2010	4.9	0.5	5.1
2009	5.1	0.5	5.3
2008	5.4	0.5	5.5
2007	5.7	0.5	5.7
2006	6	0.5	6
2005	6.3	0.5	6.2
2004	6.7	0.5	6.6
2003	7.1	0.5	6.8
2002	7.5	0.6	7.1
2001	8	0.6	7.4
2000	8.6	0.6	7.7
1999	9.1	0.6	7.9
1998	9.7	0.6	8.3
1997	10.3	0.7	8.4
1996	10.9	0.7	8.6
1995	11.6	0.8	8.8
1994	12.2	0.8	8.9
1993	12.8	0.9	9.1
1992	13.4	0.9	9.2
1991	14	1	9.3
1990	14.7	1	9.4
1989	15.3	1	9.5
1988	15.9	1.1	10
1987	16.6	1.1	9.9
1986	17.2	1.1	10.3
1985	17.9	1.2	10.6
1984	18.5	1.2	10.9
1983	19.1	1.3	11.1
1982	19.6	1.3	11.2
1981	20.2	1.4	11.6
1980	20.7	1.5	11.9
1979	21.2	1.5	11.9
1978	21.7	1.6	12.3
1977	22.2	1.7	12.6
1976	22.5	1.8	12.8
1975	27.3	1.9	13.1
1974	27.6	2	13.3
1973	22.9	2.1	13.5
1972	22.9	2.2	13.7
1971	36.7	2.3	13.9
1970	27.1	2.4	14.2
1969	22.7	2.5	14.6
1968	22.7	2.6	15
1967	22.9	2.6	15.3
1966	23.1	2.7	15.1
1965	23.4	2.8	15.1
1964	23.9	2.9	15.7
1963	24.4	3	16.2
1962	25	3.1	17
1961	25.7	3.3	18.8
1960	26.4	3.4	20.2
1959	27.1	3.6	19.9
1958	27.8	3.8	19.7
1957	28.6	4	20.5
1956	29.5	4.3	21.3
1955	30.4	4.5	22.3
1954	31.3	4.8	22.8
1953	32.3	5.1	23.3
1952	33.3	5.4	23.9
1951	34.4	5.7	24.3
1950	35.5	6	24.7
1949	–	6.4	24.9
1948	–	6.8	24.9
1947	–	7.8	25.5
1946	–	9.4	25.8
1945	–	11.8	26.7
1944	–	10.2	27.4
1943	–	9.8	27.7
1942	–	10.4	27.9
1941	–	10.4	27.8
1940	–	10.7	27.9
1939	–	10	28
1938	–	10.2	28.7
1937	–	10.3	28.8
1936	–	10.5	29.1
1935	–	10.3	29.5
1934	–	10	30.7
1933	–	11.2	30.5
1932	–	11.5	30.7
1931	–	11	31.4
1930	–	12.9	31.6
1929	–	14	32
1928	–	12.1	31.9
1927	–	12.6	31.9
1926	–	13.2	32.7
1925	–	13	32.4
1924	–	12	33.1
1923	–	13	33.1
1922	–	14.6	33.2
1921	–	15.8	34.2
1920	–	16	34.4
1919	–	18.3	35.7
1918	–	21.3	37.6
1917	–	22.4	35.3
1916	–	17.9	35.1
1915	–	19.6	35.3
1914	–	20.5	35.4
1913	–	17.9	35.1
1912	–	17.7	35.5
1911	–	21.8	36
1910	–	19.4	36.4
1909	–	19.6	36.6
1908	–	20.7	37.2
1907	–	18.9	37.4
1906	–	21.1	38.1
1905	–	20.2	38.8
1904	–	21.2	38.9
1903	–	21.3	39.5
1902	–	20.8	40.1
1901	–	20.4	40.8
1900	–	23.5	40.9
1899	–	24	40.8
1898	–	22.4	41.2
1897	–	21.1	41
1896	–	21.7	41.1
1895	–	24.7	41.3
1894	–	22.6	41.2
1893	–	25.5	41.2
1892	–	26.2	41.7
1891	–	25.5	41.3
1890	–	25.6	41.5
1889	–	25.1	41.2
1888	–	24.8	41
1887	–	23.2	41.1
1886	–	26.6	41.1
1885	–	23	41.2
1884	–	24.9	41.1
1883	–	23.5	41.4
1882	–	23.4	41.5
1881	–	24.2	41.1
1880	–	27.5	41.6
1879	–	24.6	41.1
1878	–	24	41.6
1877	–	24	41.2
1876	–	25.1	41.4
1875	–	27.3	41.5
1874	–	24.4	41.7
1873	–	25.2	41.8
1872	–	29.4	42.1
1871	–	34.1	42.2
1870	–	27.5	41.9
1869	–	26.5	42.1
1868	–	27	42.4
1867	–	25.8	42
1866	–	32	42.1
1865	–	31.8	42.3
1864	–	28.9	42.2
1863	–	28	42.5
1862	–	25.9	42.6
1861	–	27.3	42.9
1860	–	22.4	42.9
1859	–	29.2	43.7
1858	–	27.9	43.8
1857	–	28.3	44.2
1856	–	27.9	44.2
1855	–	30.8	44
1854	–	28	43.7
1853	–	25.4	43.2
1852	–	25.8	42.9
1851	–	25.9	42.4
1850	–	24.4	42
1849	–	29.2	42.3
1848	–	27	42.3
1847	–	30.5	42.2
1846	–	29.4	42.4
1845	–	26.2	42
1844	–	25	42.1
1843	–	27.5	42.1
1842	–	29.3	42.2
1841	–	27.5	42.1
1840	–	29.6	42.1
1839	–	30.1	42.1
1838	–	30.9	42.2
1837	–	30.1	42.2
1836	–	28.1	42.2
1835	–	27.2	42.2
1834	–	31.2	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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