Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Nepal or Viet Nam?

Viet Nam, at 11,993 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Nepal and Viet Nam?

3,404 deaths, with Viet Nam ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nepal vs Viet Nam: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Nepal

8,589 deaths

in 2024

Viet Nam

11,993 deaths

in 2024

Nepal rank

44th

Viet Nam rank

41st

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Nepal
Viet Nam

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 11,993 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal, a difference of 3,404 deaths.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.4 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 44th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1970s	47,656 deaths	47,070 deaths	585.6 deaths	Nepal
1980s	46,095 deaths	46,898 deaths	803.4 deaths	Viet Nam
1990s	38,497 deaths	33,927 deaths	4,570 deaths	Nepal
2000s	23,449 deaths	19,014 deaths	4,435 deaths	Nepal
2010s	14,293 deaths	17,707 deaths	3,414 deaths	Viet Nam
2020s	9,564 deaths	13,424 deaths	3,860 deaths	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Nepal or Viet Nam?: Viet Nam, at 11,993 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Nepal and Viet Nam?: 3,404 deaths, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Viet Nam?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Viet Nam rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Nepal ranks 44th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .