Bangladesh vs Ethiopia
Bangladesh vs Ethiopia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Bangladesh and 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 1.46 times that in Bangladesh.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher since 1972, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 58 and Ethiopia ranked 36 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- 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 | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 6.7 | 11.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 7.1 | 12.1 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 8 | 13.4 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 8.6 | 14 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 9.1 | 14.6 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 9.7 | 15.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 10.3 | 15.9 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 10.9 | 16.6 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 11.6 | 17.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 12.2 | 17.9 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 12.8 | 18.6 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 13.4 | 19.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 14 | 19.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 14.7 | 20.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 15.3 | 20.7 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 15.9 | 21.1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 16.6 | 21.5 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 17.2 | 30 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 17.9 | 30.6 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 18.5 | 31.7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 19.1 | 32.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 19.6 | 23.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 20.2 | 23.9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 20.7 | 24.2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 21.2 | 24.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 21.7 | 24.6 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 22.2 | 24.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 22.5 | 24.7 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 27.3 | 28.5 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 27.6 | 28.6 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 22.9 | 28.8 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 22.9 | 28.9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 36.7 | 24.9 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 27.1 | 25 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 22.7 | 25 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 22.7 | 25 | 15 |
| 1967 | 22.9 | 25.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 23.1 | 25.1 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 23.4 | – | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 23.9 | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 24.4 | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 25 | – | 17 |
| 1961 | 25.7 | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 26.4 | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 27.1 | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 27.8 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 28.6 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 29.5 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 30.4 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 31.3 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 32.3 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 33.3 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 34.4 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 35.5 | – | 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 |
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997