Nepal vs Philippines: Child mortality rate
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 rate 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 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 7 and Philippines in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33.92 deaths per 100 live births | 13.38 deaths per 100 live births | 20.54 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 | 10.61 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 | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.014 deaths per 100 live births | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, 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 rate 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?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Philippines rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th 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.