Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — North Korea

Infant mortality rate in North Korea in 2024 — 13.3 per 1,000. Ranked 103 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.7%.

2024 13.3 per 1,000 −8.28% vs 2023
World rank 103of 196
Period maximum 81.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 13.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — North Korea, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.8 per 1,0001962: 76.9 per 1,0001964: 71.7 per 1,0001966: 65.6 per 1,0001968: 58.9 per 1,0001970: 52.6 per 1,0001972: 47.2 per 1,0001974: 42.7 per 1,0001976: 38.9 per 1,0001978: 35.7 per 1,0001980: 33 per 1,0001982: 30.7 per 1,0001984: 29.3 per 1,0001986: 29 per 1,0001988: 30.2 per 1,0001990: 32 per 1,0001992: 33.2 per 1,0001994: 33.3 per 1,0001996: 63.4 per 1,0001998: 61.4 per 1,0002000: 59.4 per 1,0002002: 57.7 per 1,0002004: 26.8 per 1,0002006: 25.9 per 1,0002008: 24.7 per 1,0002010: 22.9 per 1,0002012: 20.6 per 1,0002014: 18.2 per 1,0002016: 16.5 per 1,0002018: 14.8 per 1,0002020: 14.1 per 1,0002022: 14.3 per 1,0002024: 13.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68.5 (−83.74%) Average annual rate: -2.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North Korea 13.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 4 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13.3 −1.2 −8.28%
2023 14.5 +0.2 +1.4%
2022 14.3 +0.2 +1.42%
2021 14.1 +0 +0%
2020 14.1 −0.2 −1.4%
2019 14.3 −0.5 −3.38%
2018 14.8 −0.6 −3.9%
2017 15.4 −1.1 −6.67%
2016 16.5 −0.7 −4.07%
2015 17.2 −1 −5.49%
2014 18.2 −1.1 −5.7%
2013 19.3 −1.3 −6.31%
2012 20.6 −1.1 −5.07%
2011 21.7 −1.2 −5.24%
2010 22.9 −1 −4.18%
2009 23.9 −0.8 −3.24%
2008 24.7 −0.9 −3.52%
2007 25.6 −0.3 −1.16%
2006 25.9 −0.4 −1.52%
2005 26.3 −0.5 −1.87%
2004 26.8 −0.5 −1.83%
2003 27.3 −30.4 −52.69%
2002 57.7 −0.9 −1.54%
2001 58.6 −0.8 −1.35%
2000 59.4 −1 −1.66%
1999 60.4 −1 −1.63%
1998 61.4 −0.9 −1.44%
1997 62.3 −1.1 −1.74%
1996 63.4 −0.9 −1.4%
1995 64.3 +31 +93.09%
1994 33.3 −0.1 −0.3%
1993 33.4 +0.2 +0.6%
1992 33.2 +0.5 +1.53%
1991 32.7 +0.7 +2.19%
1990 32 +1 +3.23%
1989 31 +0.8 +2.65%
1988 30.2 +0.6 +2.03%
1987 29.6 +0.6 +2.07%
1986 29 +0 +0%
1985 29 −0.3 −1.02%
1984 29.3 −0.6 −2.01%
1983 29.9 −0.8 −2.61%
1982 30.7 −1.1 −3.46%
1981 31.8 −1.2 −3.64%
1980 33 −1.3 −3.79%
1979 34.3 −1.4 −3.92%
1978 35.7 −1.6 −4.29%
1977 37.3 −1.6 −4.11%
1976 38.9 −1.8 −4.42%
1975 40.7 −2 −4.68%
1974 42.7 −2.1 −4.69%
1973 44.8 −2.4 −5.08%
1972 47.2 −2.6 −5.22%
1971 49.8 −2.8 −5.32%
1970 52.6 −3.1 −5.57%
1969 55.7 −3.2 −5.43%
1968 58.9 −3.4 −5.46%
1967 62.3 −3.3 −5.03%
1966 65.6 −3.1 −4.51%
1965 68.7 −3 −4.18%
1964 71.7 −2.7 −3.63%
1963 74.4 −2.5 −3.25%
1962 76.9 −2.4 −3.03%
1961 79.3 −2.5 −3.06%
1960 81.8

Eastern 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.