Nepal vs Philippines: Mortality rate, under-5
Nepal
25.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Philippines
26.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nepal rank
66th
Philippines rank
64th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Nepal
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 26.5 per 1,000 live births against 25.1 per 1,000 live births in Nepal, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 6 and Philippines in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 303.59 per 1,000 live births | 92.27 per 1,000 live births | 211.32 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1970s | 241.61 per 1,000 live births | 81.7 per 1,000 live births | 159.91 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1980s | 177.43 per 1,000 live births | 71.36 per 1,000 live births | 106.07 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 1990s | 109.42 per 1,000 live births | 45.07 per 1,000 live births | 64.35 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 2000s | 62.73 per 1,000 live births | 33.29 per 1,000 live births | 29.44 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 2010s | 39.04 per 1,000 live births | 28.28 per 1,000 live births | 10.76 per 1,000 live births | Nepal |
| 2020s | 27.24 per 1,000 live births | 27.38 per 1,000 live births | 0.14 per 1,000 live births | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Nepal or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 26.5 per 1,000 live births against 25.1 per 1,000 live births in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Nepal and Philippines?
- 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Philippines?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Philippines rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Nepal ranks 66th and Philippines ranks 64th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (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
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.