Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — South Korea

Adult mortality rate, male in South Korea in 2024 — 53.4 per 1,000. Ranked 10 in the world out of 191. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.6%.

2024 53.4 per 1,000 +20.7% vs 2023
World rank 10of 191
Period maximum 461.4 per 1,0001966
Period minimum 44.3 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — South Korea, 1960–2024020040060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 432.1 per 1,0001962: 421 per 1,0001964: 438.8 per 1,0001966: 461.4 per 1,0001968: 365.3 per 1,0001970: 350.4 per 1,0001972: 339.5 per 1,0001974: 329.1 per 1,0001976: 321.5 per 1,0001978: 336.6 per 1,0001980: 342.1 per 1,0001982: 306.4 per 1,0001984: 288.3 per 1,0001986: 277.2 per 1,0001988: 259.1 per 1,0001990: 242.9 per 1,0001992: 224 per 1,0001994: 214.2 per 1,0001996: 195.7 per 1,0001998: 180.6 per 1,0002000: 161.5 per 1,0002002: 146.3 per 1,0002004: 135.8 per 1,0002006: 122.8 per 1,0002008: 110.7 per 1,0002010: 97.4 per 1,0002012: 87.1 per 1,0002014: 74.7 per 1,0002016: 66.2 per 1,0002018: 59.9 per 1,0002020: 72.7 per 1,0002022: 67.5 per 1,0002024: 53.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −378.7 (−87.64%) Average annual rate: -3.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Korea 53.4 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 134.3 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 106.6 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 130.2 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 53.4 +9.2 +20.7%
2023 44.3 −23.2 −34.43%
2022 67.5 −1.7 −2.52%
2021 69.3 −3.4 −4.68%
2020 72.7 +16.6 +29.51%
2019 56.1 −3.8 −6.29%
2018 59.9 −2 −3.25%
2017 61.9 −4.3 −6.55%
2016 66.2 −4.6 −6.56%
2015 70.9 −3.8 −5.15%
2014 74.7 −5.8 −7.25%
2013 80.5 −6.5 −7.48%
2012 87.1 −3.8 −4.21%
2011 90.9 −6.5 −6.68%
2010 97.4 −4.1 −4%
2009 101.5 −9.2 −8.32%
2008 110.7 −6.5 −5.51%
2007 117.1 −5.7 −4.65%
2006 122.8 −6.4 −4.97%
2005 129.2 −6.6 −4.83%
2004 135.8 −5.3 −3.75%
2003 141.1 −5.3 −3.59%
2002 146.3 −5.8 −3.8%
2001 152.1 −9.3 −5.79%
2000 161.5 −9.2 −5.4%
1999 170.7 −9.9 −5.49%
1998 180.6 −7.7 −4.11%
1997 188.3 −7.4 −3.77%
1996 195.7 −10.1 −4.93%
1995 205.9 −8.3 −3.88%
1994 214.2 −1.6 −0.76%
1993 215.8 −8.2 −3.66%
1992 224 −12.7 −5.37%
1991 236.7 −6.2 −2.55%
1990 242.9 −6.7 −2.68%
1989 249.6 −9.5 −3.68%
1988 259.1 −12.9 −4.75%
1987 272 −5.1 −1.85%
1986 277.2 −9.4 −3.29%
1985 286.6 −1.7 −0.6%
1984 288.3 −25.1 −7.99%
1983 313.4 +7 +2.27%
1982 306.4 +2 +0.65%
1981 304.4 −37.6 −11%
1980 342.1 +23.6 +7.42%
1979 318.5 −18.1 −5.39%
1978 336.6 +0.3 +0.08%
1977 336.3 +14.8 +4.6%
1976 321.5 −3.5 −1.09%
1975 325.1 −4.1 −1.23%
1974 329.1 −4.5 −1.35%
1973 333.6 −5.9 −1.73%
1972 339.5 −4.9 −1.42%
1971 344.4 −6 −1.72%
1970 350.4 −8.2 −2.29%
1969 358.7 −6.7 −1.83%
1968 365.3 +9.7 +2.73%
1967 355.6 −105.8 −22.93%
1966 461.4 +19.6 +4.43%
1965 441.8 +3 +0.68%
1964 438.8 +5 +1.15%
1963 433.8 +12.9 +3.05%
1962 421 −5.1 −1.2%
1961 426.1 −6 −1.38%
1960 432.1

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

About the indicator

The probability of death between the ages of 15 and 60 for men, expressed as the number of deaths per thousand fifteen-year-olds. The indicator picks out what happens in working ages more precisely than life expectancy does: life expectancy depends heavily on child mortality, and this series does not account for it at all. It is this series that shows the excess male mortality in the countries of Eastern Europe, where the values run three times the Western European ones.

Important: Not an annual rate but a probability over 45 years of life, computed from current age-specific rates. Child and old-age mortality are not part of it.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.