Nepal vs Philippines: Child mortality
Nepal
2.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Philippines
2.65 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal rank
66th
Philippines rank
64th
Child mortality over time
- Nepal
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 2.65 deaths per 100 live births against 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in Nepal, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Philippines ahead.
Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 9 and Philippines in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1810s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1820s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1830s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1840s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1850s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1860s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1870s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1880s | 40.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1890s | 40.71 deaths per 100 live births | 43.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1900s | 40.4 deaths per 100 live births | 46.1 deaths per 100 live births | 5.7 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1910s | 39.58 deaths per 100 live births | 42.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.1 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1920s | 38.62 deaths per 100 live births | 40.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
| 1930s | 37.43 deaths per 100 live births | 33.17 deaths per 100 live births | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1940s | 35.24 deaths per 100 live births | 20.17 deaths per 100 live births | 15.07 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1950s | 33.92 deaths per 100 live births | 12.85 deaths per 100 live births | 21.07 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1960s | 30.36 deaths per 100 live births | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | 21.13 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 24.16 deaths per 100 live births | 8.17 deaths per 100 live births | 15.99 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | 7.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10.6 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | 6.44 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2000s | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2010s | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0114 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Nepal or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 2.65 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 Nepal and Philippines?
- 0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Philippines?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Philippines rank globally for child mortality?
- Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.