Nepal vs Niue: Child mortality rate
Nepal
2.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Niue
2.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal rank
66th
Niue rank
68th
Child mortality rate over time
- Nepal
- Niue
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Niue, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Niue's.
Across all 75 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 66th and Niue ranks 68th of 200 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33.92 deaths per 100 live births | 11.85 deaths per 100 live births | 22.08 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1960s | 30.36 deaths per 100 live births | 7.97 deaths per 100 live births | 22.39 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 24.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.23 deaths per 100 live births | 19.93 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 15.19 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 10.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2.82 deaths per 100 live births | 8.12 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2000s | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 3.6 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2010s | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.712 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.184 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Nepal or Niue?
- Nepal, at 2.51 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Niue as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Nepal and Niue?
- 0.13 deaths per 100 live births, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Niue?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Niue rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Nepal ranks 66th and Niue ranks 68th 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.