What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Egypt and Nepal?

1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Nepal?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Nepal: Mortality rate, infant

Egypt

20.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nepal

22.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Egypt rank

67th

Nepal rank

64th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Egypt
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 22.2 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 67th and Nepal ranks 64th of 197 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	158.25 per 1,000 live births	203.95 per 1,000 live births	45.7 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1970s	141.58 per 1,000 live births	165.56 per 1,000 live births	23.98 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1980s	94 per 1,000 live births	126.28 per 1,000 live births	32.28 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1990s	54.77 per 1,000 live births	82.62 per 1,000 live births	27.85 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
2000s	33.38 per 1,000 live births	50.68 per 1,000 live births	17.3 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
2010s	24.61 per 1,000 live births	33.32 per 1,000 live births	8.71 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
2020s	21.74 per 1,000 live births	24 per 1,000 live births	2.26 per 1,000 live births	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Egypt or Nepal?: Nepal, at 22.2 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Egypt and Nepal?: 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Nepal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Nepal rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Egypt ranks 67th and Nepal ranks 64th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.