Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Nepal

Infant mortality rate in Nepal in 2024 — 22.2 per 1,000. Ranked 133 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.9%.

2024 22.2 per 1,000 −3.9% vs 2023
World rank 133of 196
Period maximum 219.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 22.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Nepal, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 219.4 per 1,0001962: 214.3 per 1,0001964: 207 per 1,0001966: 198.4 per 1,0001968: 189.7 per 1,0001970: 181.7 per 1,0001972: 174.3 per 1,0001974: 167.4 per 1,0001976: 160.5 per 1,0001978: 153.1 per 1,0001980: 145.1 per 1,0001982: 137 per 1,0001984: 128.8 per 1,0001986: 120.2 per 1,0001988: 111.1 per 1,0001990: 101.8 per 1,0001992: 92.5 per 1,0001994: 84 per 1,0001996: 76.1 per 1,0001998: 68.8 per 1,0002000: 62 per 1,0002002: 56 per 1,0002004: 51 per 1,0002006: 46.9 per 1,0002008: 43.3 per 1,0002010: 40.1 per 1,0002012: 36.9 per 1,0002014: 33.9 per 1,0002016: 31 per 1,0002018: 28.3 per 1,0002020: 25.9 per 1,0002022: 23.9 per 1,0002024: 22.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −197.2 (−89.88%) Average annual rate: -3.52 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nepal

Nepal 22.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
South Asia 23.2 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 26.1 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 22.2 −0.9 −3.9%
2023 23.1 −0.8 −3.35%
2022 23.9 −1 −4.02%
2021 24.9 −1 −3.86%
2020 25.9 −1.2 −4.43%
2019 27.1 −1.2 −4.24%
2018 28.3 −1.3 −4.39%
2017 29.6 −1.4 −4.52%
2016 31 −1.4 −4.32%
2015 32.4 −1.5 −4.42%
2014 33.9 −1.5 −4.24%
2013 35.4 −1.5 −4.07%
2012 36.9 −1.6 −4.16%
2011 38.5 −1.6 −3.99%
2010 40.1 −1.6 −3.84%
2009 41.7 −1.6 −3.7%
2008 43.3 −1.7 −3.78%
2007 45 −1.9 −4.05%
2006 46.9 −1.9 −3.89%
2005 48.8 −2.2 −4.31%
2004 51 −2.3 −4.32%
2003 53.3 −2.7 −4.82%
2002 56 −2.8 −4.76%
2001 58.8 −3.2 −5.16%
2000 62 −3.3 −5.05%
1999 65.3 −3.5 −5.09%
1998 68.8 −3.6 −4.97%
1997 72.4 −3.7 −4.86%
1996 76.1 −3.9 −4.88%
1995 80 −4 −4.76%
1994 84 −4.2 −4.76%
1993 88.2 −4.3 −4.65%
1992 92.5 −4.6 −4.74%
1991 97.1 −4.7 −4.62%
1990 101.8 −4.6 −4.32%
1989 106.4 −4.7 −4.23%
1988 111.1 −4.6 −3.98%
1987 115.7 −4.5 −3.74%
1986 120.2 −4.4 −3.53%
1985 124.6 −4.2 −3.26%
1984 128.8 −4.1 −3.09%
1983 132.9 −4.1 −2.99%
1982 137 −4 −2.84%
1981 141 −4.1 −2.83%
1980 145.1 −4 −2.68%
1979 149.1 −4 −2.61%
1978 153.1 −3.7 −2.36%
1977 156.8 −3.7 −2.31%
1976 160.5 −3.4 −2.07%
1975 163.9 −3.5 −2.09%
1974 167.4 −3.4 −1.99%
1973 170.8 −3.5 −2.01%
1972 174.3 −3.7 −2.08%
1971 178 −3.7 −2.04%
1970 181.7 −4 −2.15%
1969 185.7 −4 −2.11%
1968 189.7 −4.3 −2.22%
1967 194 −4.4 −2.22%
1966 198.4 −4.4 −2.17%
1965 202.8 −4.2 −2.03%
1964 207 −4 −1.9%
1963 211 −3.3 −1.54%
1962 214.3 −2.9 −1.34%
1961 217.2 −2.2 −1%
1960 219.4

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.