India vs Nepal: Infant mortality rate

India
2.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nepal
2.22 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India rank
61st
Nepal rank
64th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • India
  • Nepal
0510152025195219882024

How they compare

India currently reports 2.33 deaths per 100 live births against 2.22 deaths per 100 live births in Nepal, a difference of 0.1108 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Nepal ahead.

India ranks 61st and Nepal ranks 64th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .