Micronesia (country) vs Nepal: Child mortality rate

Micronesia (country)
2.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal
2.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Micronesia (country) rank
69th
Nepal rank
66th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Micronesia (country)
  • Nepal
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How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Micronesia (country), a difference of 0.27 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Micronesia (country)'s.

Across all 67 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.

Micronesia (country) ranks 69th and Nepal ranks 66th of 200 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Micronesia (country) Nepal Difference Ahead
1950s 13.37 deaths per 100 live births 33.41 deaths per 100 live births 20.05 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
1960s 10.45 deaths per 100 live births 30.36 deaths per 100 live births 19.91 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
1970s 7.09 deaths per 100 live births 24.16 deaths per 100 live births 17.07 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
1980s 5.64 deaths per 100 live births 17.74 deaths per 100 live births 12.1 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
1990s 4.46 deaths per 100 live births 10.94 deaths per 100 live births 6.48 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
2000s 3.68 deaths per 100 live births 6.27 deaths per 100 live births 2.59 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
2010s 3.03 deaths per 100 live births 3.9 deaths per 100 live births 0.875 deaths per 100 live births Nepal
2020s 2.39 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births 0.33 deaths per 100 live births Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Micronesia (country) or Nepal?
Nepal, at 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Micronesia (country) as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Micronesia (country) and Nepal?
0.27 deaths per 100 live births, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia (country) and Nepal?
67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Micronesia (country) and Nepal rank globally for child mortality rate?
Micronesia (country) 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

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.