Health in Nepal

1,197 indicators covering health for Nepal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 3 2021 down 93.5% 51st
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 down 100.0% 58th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.1% 2024 down 50.0% 108th
Number of people who are undernourished 1.60 million 2023 down 33.3% 55th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 46.0% 2024 up 53.0% 71st
External health expenditure channeled through government 8.5% 2023 down 84.1% 120th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 19.4 2021 down 1.0% 91st
Mortality from ncds gender 19.6 2021 down 2.5% 109th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 60.2 2021 up 0.6% 123rd
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 5.26 2021 up 9.8% 96th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 19.3% 2021 up 0.5% 64th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 19.6% 2021 down 2.5% 109th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 19.4% 2021 down 1.0% 91st
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 2.93 per 100,000 population 2021 down 10.1% 7th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 3 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.5% 2nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 2.84 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.2% 10th
Suicide mortality rate, female 7.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.1% 30th
Suicide mortality rate, male 13.33 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.4% 68th
Suicide mortality rate 10.14 per 100,000 population 2021 down 2.7% 55th
Nurses and midwives 4.09 per 1,000 people 2023 up 124.0% 91st
Share of women among the population living with hiv 42.08 2024 up 13.3% 65th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies f 17.23 2023 down 13.2% 19th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 74.3% 2023 down 15.1% 61st
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for c 5.96 2023 up 110.3% 40th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 10.6 2014 up 24.7% 59th
Child mortality rate ihme 2.91 2019 down 46.0% 61st
Neonatal mortality ihme 1.9 2019 down 39.1% 51st
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 11,717 2019 down 44.7% 38th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 0.37 2020 up 15.6% 145th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 1.06 2020 up 11.6% 150th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 1.86 2020 up 12.7% 148th
Low-birthweight babies 19.7% 2020 down 7.2% 6th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 77 2024 up 196.2% 59th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 15.96 2022 down 17.1% 179th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 15.79 2022 up 33.8% 66th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 14.37 2022 up 38.7% 83rd
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 16.26 2022 down 16.2% 182nd
Inequality in life expectancy 0.1497 2023 down 28.4% 67th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.1497 2023 down 28.4% 67th
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 2.59 2024 down 37.9% 61st
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 58.2% 2022 down 27.6% 20th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 86.6% 2022 down 10.3% 12th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 50th
Maternal mortality slope chart 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 51st
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 51st
Number of maternal deaths by region 1,052 2020 down 51.2% 42nd
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 51st
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 51st
Maternal deaths by income group 1,052 2020 down 51.2% 42nd
Maternal mortality vs fertility 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 51st
Maternal deaths ihme 1,052 2020 down 51.2% 42nd
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 174.41 2020 down 50.1% 50th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologi 74.0% 2023 down 15.0% 49th
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking 17.16 2023 down 13.1% 18th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 96.0% 2025 up 5.5% 43rd
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose  (DTP3) immunizatio 96.0% 2025 up 5.5% 43rd
Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage amo 96.0% 2025 up 12.9% 42nd