India vs Nepal: Child mortality
India
2.66 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal
2.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India rank
63rd
Nepal rank
66th
Child mortality over time
- India
- Nepal
How they compare
India currently reports 2.66 deaths per 100 live births against 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in Nepal, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was India ahead.
India ranks 63rd and Nepal ranks 66th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, India averaged higher in 15 and Nepal in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1810s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1820s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1830s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1840s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1850s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1860s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1870s | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.22 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1880s | 51.53 deaths per 100 live births | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.81 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1890s | 53.08 deaths per 100 live births | 40.71 deaths per 100 live births | 12.36 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1900s | 45.61 deaths per 100 live births | 40.4 deaths per 100 live births | 5.21 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1910s | 34.71 deaths per 100 live births | 39.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.86 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1920s | 29.49 deaths per 100 live births | 38.62 deaths per 100 live births | 9.13 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1930s | 27.97 deaths per 100 live births | 37.43 deaths per 100 live births | 9.46 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1940s | 27.04 deaths per 100 live births | 35.24 deaths per 100 live births | 8.2 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1950s | 26.33 deaths per 100 live births | 33.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.59 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1960s | 22.87 deaths per 100 live births | 30.36 deaths per 100 live births | 7.49 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 19.68 deaths per 100 live births | 24.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 14.95 deaths per 100 live births | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2.8 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 11.13 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1884 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 7.62 deaths per 100 live births | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 4.56 deaths per 100 live births | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6597 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2411 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, India or Nepal?
- India, at 2.66 deaths per 100 live births against 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between India and Nepal?
- 0.15 deaths per 100 live births, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nepal?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do India and Nepal rank globally for child mortality?
- India ranks 63rd and Nepal ranks 66th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.