Nepal's life expectancy rose from 59.3 yrs in 1995 to 70.6 yrs in 2024.
Nepal · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Nepal's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 56.1 yrs in 2000 to 60.2 yrs in 2021.
Nepal's infant mortality fell from 80.0 ‰ in 1995 to 22.2 ‰ in 2024.
Nepal's under-5 mortality rate fell from 105.3 ‰ in 1995 to 25.1 ‰ in 2024.
Nepal's maternal mortality ratio fell from 657.0 /100k in 1994 to 142.0 /100k in 2023.
Nepal's ncd mortality fell from 19.6 % in 2000 to 19.4 % in 2021.
Nepal's suicide mortality rate rose from 9.9 /100k in 2000 to 10.1 /100k in 2021.
Nepal's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 15.5 /100k in 2000 to 16.3 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.4 pts99th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −3.9 %150th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +4.0 pts175th of 192
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- Physiciansup +14.4 %37th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +15.1 %38th of 79
- Hospital bedsup +1.9 %70th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +4.0 pts31st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts29th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −1.7 %183rd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts141st of 148
- Safe sanitationup +2.2 pts79th of 141