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

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with India ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India 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.

India vs Nepal: Mortality rate, infant

India

23.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nepal

22.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India rank

61st

Nepal rank

64th

Mortality rate, infant over time

India
Nepal

How they compare

India currently reports 23.3 per 1,000 live births against 22.2 per 1,000 live births in Nepal, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nepal ahead.

India ranks 61st and Nepal ranks 64th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Nepal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	142.99 per 1,000 live births	203.95 per 1,000 live births	60.96 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1970s	124.39 per 1,000 live births	165.56 per 1,000 live births	41.17 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1980s	96.71 per 1,000 live births	126.28 per 1,000 live births	29.57 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
1990s	76.4 per 1,000 live births	82.62 per 1,000 live births	6.22 per 1,000 live births	Nepal
2000s	57.43 per 1,000 live births	50.68 per 1,000 live births	6.75 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	37.59 per 1,000 live births	33.32 per 1,000 live births	4.27 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	25.76 per 1,000 live births	24 per 1,000 live births	1.76 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, India or Nepal?: India, at 23.3 per 1,000 live births against 22.2 per 1,000 live births in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between India and Nepal?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with India 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?: India ranks 61st 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: 20 August 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.