India vs Nepal: Mortality rate, infant, male
India
23.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nepal
24.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India rank
65th
Nepal rank
63rd
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- India
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 24.1 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nepal ahead.
India ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 63rd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148.1 per 1,000 live births | 211.03 per 1,000 live births | 62.93 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 128.07 per 1,000 live births | 172.33 per 1,000 live births | 44.26 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 99.64 per 1,000 live births | 132.42 per 1,000 live births | 32.78 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 77.36 per 1,000 live births | 87.5 per 1,000 live births | 10.14 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 2000s | 56.68 per 1,000 live births | 54.33 per 1,000 live births | 2.35 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2010s | 37.12 per 1,000 live births | 35.96 per 1,000 live births | 1.16 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2020s | 25.94 per 1,000 live births | 26.02 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, India or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 24.1 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between India and Nepal?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nepal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do India and Nepal rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- India ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 63rd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.