Bangladesh vs Egypt

Bangladesh vs Egypt: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.36 times that in Egypt.

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

Bangladesh vs Egypt: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.36 times that in Egypt.
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What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Egypt.
  • 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

YearBangladeshEgyptWorld
20243.12.23.7
20233.12.33.8
20223.12.44
20213.12.44
20203.12.43.9
20193.22.54
20183.42.54
20173.52.64.1
20163.72.64.2
20153.92.74.3
20144.12.74.4
20134.22.84.5
20124.42.94.7
20114.735
20104.93.15.1
20095.13.25.3
20085.43.35.5
20075.73.45.7
200663.66
20056.33.76.2
20046.73.96.6
20037.146.8
20027.54.37.1
200184.57.4
20008.64.77.7
19999.157.9
19989.75.38.3
199710.35.78.4
199610.96.18.6
199511.66.58.8
199412.26.98.9
199312.87.39.1
199213.47.89.2
1991148.29.3
199014.78.69.4
198915.39.19.5
198815.99.610
198716.610.39.9
198617.211.110.3
198517.91210.6
198418.51310.9
198319.11411.1
198219.61511.2
198120.21611.6
198020.71711.9
197921.21811.9
197821.71912.3
197722.22012.6
197622.52112.8
197527.321.913.1
197427.622.813.3
197322.923.613.5
197222.924.213.7
197136.724.613.9
197027.12514.2
196922.725.414.6
196822.725.815
196722.926.315.3
196623.126.815.1
196523.427.615.1
196423.928.415.7
196324.429.316.2
19622530.317
196125.731.418.8
196026.432.420.2
195927.133.519.9
195827.834.419.7
195728.635.420.5
195629.536.421.3
195530.437.422.3
195431.3–22.8
195332.3–23.3
195233.3–23.9
195134.4–24.3
195035.5–24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––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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Good to know

  • 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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