Egypt vs Nepal: Child mortality rate
Egypt
2.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal
2.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
Nepal rank
66th
Child mortality rate over time
- Egypt
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.27 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 69th and Nepal ranks 66th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Nepal in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.43 deaths per 100 live births | 33.67 deaths per 100 live births | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1960s | 28.37 deaths per 100 live births | 30.36 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 21.99 deaths per 100 live births | 24.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 12.69 deaths per 100 live births | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | 5.05 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2000s | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2010s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.38 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Egypt or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Egypt and Nepal?
- 0.27 deaths per 100 live births, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Nepal?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Nepal rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Egypt ranks 69th and Nepal ranks 66th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.