As per UNICEF, which country has achieved over 75 percent decline in under-5 child mortality rate?

  • A. India
  • B. Bangladesh
  • C. Indonesia
  • D. Thailand

Correct Answer: B. Bangladesh

Bangladesh has registered a sharp decline of over 75 percent in the under-5 child mortality rate since 1990, as per the recent report released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In 1990, the under-5 child mortality rate was 146 per thousand live births which declined to 86 in 2000 and 27 in 2021.

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