Nepal - Infant Mortality Rate 2025
21.2
−2.1 from 2024
Nepal's infant mortality rate was 21.2 in 2025. This was the 64th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Central African Republic | 103.1 | 70.7% |
| 2nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 75.9 | 12.0% |
| 3rd | South Sudan | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Niger | 66.6 | -1.2% |
| 5th | Guinea | 58.6 | -4.7% |
| 6th | Nigeria | 57.1 | -5.0% |
| 7th | Chad | 55.2 | -5.9% |
| 8th | Mali | 54.5 | -5.5% |
| 9th | Sierra Leone | 52.2 | -7.2% |
| 10th | Lesotho | 51.7 | -6.7% |
| 11th | Liberia | 49.7 | -5.4% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 47.1 | -6.5% |
| 13th | Pakistan | 46.8 | -6.7% |
| 14th | Equatorial Guinea | 45.6 | -7.0% |
| 15th | Madagascar | 44.4 | 0.4% |
| 16th | Benin | 43.7 | -5.9% |
| 17th | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.6 | -6.4% |
| 18th | Mozambique | 43.2 | -4.8% |
| 19th | Burkina Faso | 42.1 | -6.1% |
| 20th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.8 | -6.0% |
| 21st | Djibouti | 41.4 | -6.8% |
| 22nd | Eswatini | 41.1 | -5.6% |
| 23rd | Guinea-Bissau | 40.4 | -6.2% |
| 24th | Kiribati | 38.5 | -3.0% |
| 25th | Cameroon | 38.3 | -7.0% |
| 26th | Zimbabwe | 38.1 | -6.3% |
| 27th | Haiti | 37.9 | -5.9% |
| 28th | Sudan | 36.7 | -6.3% |
| 29th | Botswana | 36.1 | -5.5% |
| 30th | Angola | 35.5 | -7.3% |
| 31st | Namibia | 35.2 | -8.4% |
| 32nd | Dominica | 34.5 | 4.2% |
| 33rd | Comoros | 33.9 | -5.0% |
| 34th | Timor-Leste | 33.9 | -5.6% |
| 35th | Kenya | 33.8 | -2.7% |
| 36th | Togo | 33.7 | -6.1% |
| 37th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.7 | -5.8% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 32.5 | -7.6% |
| 39th | Myanmar | 31.6 | -7.2% |
| 40th | Gambia, The | 31.5 | -6.9% |
| 41st | Turkmenistan | 30.0 | -3.8% |
| 42nd | Papua New Guinea | 29.9 | -6.4% |
| 43rd | Rwanda | 29.8 | -2.2% |
| 44th | Burundi | 29.4 | -6.8% |
| 45th | Mauritania | 29.1 | -6.0% |
| 46th | Zambia | 28.6 | -7.5% |
| 47th | Senegal | 27.9 | -7.7% |
| 48th | Tanzania | 27.6 | -7.8% |
| 49th | Malawi | 27.4 | -6.9% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 27.2 | -4.2% |
| 51st | Ghana | 25.9 | -8.1% |
| 52nd | Fiji | 25.7 | 8.2% |
| 53rd | Uganda | 25.6 | -7.3% |
| 54th | Gabon | 24.9 | -6.0% |
| 55th | Congo, Republic of | 24.7 | -10.4% |
| 56th | Eritrea | 24.0 | -6.0% |
| 57th | Bangladesh | 23.7 | -2.8% |
| 58th | South Africa | 23.7 | -3.0% |
| 59th | Tajikistan | 22.8 | -0.5% |
| 60th | Guyana | 22.2 | -6.8% |
| 61st | Marshall Islands | 22.0 | -6.3% |
| 62nd | Philippines | 21.9 | -0.9% |
| 63rd | India | 21.8 | -11.2% |
| 64th | Nepal | 21.2 | -8.8% |
| 65th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 19.4 | -6.7% |
| 66th | Iraq | 19.4 | -6.7% |
| 67th | Algeria | 19.2 | -2.3% |
| 68th | Palau | 18.8 | -1.5% |
| 69th | Cambodia | 18.7 | -7.8% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 18.6 | 1.7% |
| 71st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 18.5 | -7.7% |
| 72nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.7 | -7.1% |
| 73rd | Lebanon | 17.5 | 9.6% |
| 74th | Bhutan | 17.2 | -7.0% |
| 75th | Grenada | 16.8 | 0.4% |
| 76th | Guatemala | 16.6 | -7.5% |
| 77th | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.3 | -5.5% |
| 78th | Tuvalu | 15.9 | -7.0% |
| 79th | Indonesia | 15.8 | -7.1% |
| 80th | Solomon Islands | 15.6 | -5.2% |
| 81st | Libya | 15.4 | -3.4% |
| 82nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 15.0 | -7.1% |
| 83rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 14.5 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Suriname | 14.3 | -6.1% |
| 85th | Kyrgyz Republic | 14.2 | -4.4% |
| 86th | Morocco | 14.2 | -8.6% |
| 87th | Paraguay | 14.0 | -7.0% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 13.9 | -2.8% |
| 89th | Vanuatu | 13.9 | -2.4% |
| 90th | Viet Nam | 13.6 | -2.9% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 13.5 | -5.6% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 13.4 | -6.0% |
| 93rd | Moldova | 13.4 | -0.6% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 13.4 | -0.6% |
| 95th | Peru | 13.2 | -1.9% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 97th | Honduras | 12.4 | -7.1% |
| 98th | Brazil | 12.2 | -2.1% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 11.6 | -12.5% |
| 100th | Samoa | 11.6 | -9.1% |
| 101st | Uzbekistan | 11.6 | -8.8% |
| 102nd | Jordan | 11.5 | -5.6% |
| 103rd | British Virgin Islands | 10.9 | -5.9% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 10.8 | -3.1% |
| 105th | Mongolia | 10.6 | -7.0% |
| 106th | Belize | 10.5 | -3.0% |
| 107th | Colombia | 10.2 | -6.8% |
| 108th | Mexico | 10.1 | -6.7% |
| 109th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.0 | -6.7% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 9.9 | -10.2% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 9.8 | 6.5% |
| 112th | Panama | 9.5 | -10.2% |
| 113th | Nicaragua | 9.4 | -9.1% |
| 114th | Bahamas, The | 8.9 | -21.8% |
| 115th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.8 | -11.5% |
| 116th | Barbados | 8.7 | -6.5% |
| 117th | Tunisia | 8.7 | -18.3% |
| 118th | Albania | 8.5 | 2.4% |
| 119th | El Salvador | 8.5 | -8.0% |
| 120th | São Tomé and Principe | 8.4 | -10.6% |
| 121st | Türkiye | 8.4 | -7.9% |
| 122nd | Oman | 8.3 | -1.4% |
| 123rd | Brunei Darussalam | 8.1 | -1.7% |
| 124th | Armenia | 8.0 | -10.6% |
| 125th | Georgia | 7.9 | -1.5% |
| 126th | Argentina | 7.8 | -4.9% |
| 127th | Ukraine | 7.6 | -2.6% |
| 128th | Kuwait | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 129th | Bahrain | 7.5 | 4.7% |
| 130th | Tonga | 7.5 | -6.0% |
| 131st | Thailand | 7.5 | -6.8% |
| 132nd | Kazakhstan | 7.3 | -3.4% |
| 133rd | Kosovo | 7.3 | -12.0% |
| 134th | Cuba | 7.2 | 9.1% |
| 135th | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.0 | -4.4% |
| 136th | Malaysia | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 137th | Nauru | 6.7 | -19.3% |
| 138th | Chile | 6.1 | -1.3% |
| 139th | United States | 5.5 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Romania | 5.3 | -2.6% |
| 141st | Slovak Republic | 5.2 | 1.6% |
| 142nd | Uruguay | 5.1 | -7.3% |
| 143rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.0 | -4.9% |
| 144th | Sri Lanka | 4.8 | -8.7% |
| 145th | Bulgaria | 4.7 | -5.6% |
| 146th | Qatar | 4.6 | -5.3% |
| 147th | Malta | 4.5 | -5.4% |
| 148th | Saudi Arabia | 4.4 | -9.4% |
| 149th | Canada | 4.4 | 0.0% |
| 150th | Serbia | 4.3 | -4.4% |
| 151st | Maldives | 4.3 | -14.8% |
| 152nd | United Kingdom | 4.1 | 1.5% |
| 153rd | New Zealand | 3.9 | -3.0% |
| 154th | Croatia | 3.8 | -2.1% |
| 155th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.7 | -6.5% |
| 156th | China | 3.7 | -17.8% |
| 157th | Poland | 3.6 | -1.6% |
| 158th | Ireland | 3.6 | 5.9% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 3.5 | 0.0% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 3.5 | 0.0% |
| 161st | France | 3.5 | 2.4% |
| 162nd | United Arab Emirates | 3.5 | -13.5% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | 3.2 | -14.6% |
| 164th | European Union | 3.1 | -1.4% |
| 165th | Australia | 3.1 | 0.0% |
| 166th | Germany | 3.1 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Greece | 3.1 | -4.4% |
| 168th | Cyprus | 3.0 | 4.8% |
| 169th | Hungary | 3.0 | -6.3% |
| 170th | Belgium | 2.9 | -4.0% |
| 171st | Denmark | 2.9 | -4.0% |
| 172nd | Spain | 2.6 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Israel | 2.6 | -4.4% |
| 174th | Lithuania | 2.5 | -9.3% |
| 175th | Portugal | 2.5 | -4.6% |
| 176th | Austria | 2.5 | -5.4% |
| 177th | Andorra | 2.4 | -4.8% |
| 178th | Italy | 2.2 | -5.2% |
| 179th | Korea | 2.2 | -6.1% |
| 180th | Monaco | 2.1 | -8.7% |
| 181st | Latvia | 2.0 | -19.2% |
| 182nd | Czechia | 2.0 | -6.7% |
| 183rd | Luxembourg | 1.9 | -3.0% |
| 184th | Iceland | 1.9 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Sweden | 1.9 | -6.0% |
| 186th | Norway | 1.8 | -3.2% |
| 187th | Montenegro | 1.8 | -13.3% |
| 188th | Japan | 1.8 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Finland | 1.7 | -3.3% |
| 190th | Slovenia | 1.7 | -3.3% |
| 191st | Belarus | 1.6 | -13.7% |
| 192nd | Singapore | 1.6 | -7.1% |
| 193rd | Estonia | 1.5 | -7.5% |
| 194th | San Marino | 1.3 | -8.6% |
| 195th | North Macedonia | 1.1 | -59.3% |
FAQ
What was Nepal's infant mortality rate in 2025?▾
Nepal's infant mortality rate in 2025 was 21.2. This ranked 64th globally.
How did Nepal's infant mortality rate change in 2025?▾
Nepal's infant mortality rate decreased by 8.8% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2025?▾
Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2025 at 103.1.
What is the infant mortality rate of Nepal in 2025?▾
The infant mortality rate of Nepal in 2025 was 21.2. This ranked 64th globally.
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