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Under-five mortality rate — North Korea

Under-five mortality rate in North Korea in 2024 — 16.7 per 1,000. Ranked 108 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.6%.

2024 16.7 per 1,000 −7.22% vs 2023
World rank 108of 196
Period maximum 115.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 16.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — North Korea, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 115.8 per 1,0001962: 107.6 per 1,0001964: 99.2 per 1,0001966: 89.6 per 1,0001968: 79.4 per 1,0001970: 69.9 per 1,0001972: 62 per 1,0001974: 55.6 per 1,0001976: 50.3 per 1,0001978: 45.9 per 1,0001980: 42.2 per 1,0001982: 39.1 per 1,0001984: 37.1 per 1,0001986: 36.8 per 1,0001988: 38.3 per 1,0001990: 40.7 per 1,0001992: 42.5 per 1,0001994: 42.5 per 1,0001996: 106.2 per 1,0001998: 103.2 per 1,0002000: 100.2 per 1,0002002: 97.8 per 1,0002004: 33.8 per 1,0002006: 32.8 per 1,0002008: 31 per 1,0002010: 28.7 per 1,0002012: 25.7 per 1,0002014: 22.6 per 1,0002016: 20.6 per 1,0002018: 18.4 per 1,0002020: 17.4 per 1,0002022: 17.7 per 1,0002024: 16.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −99.1 (−85.58%) Average annual rate: -2.98 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North Korea 16.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 5.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.7 −1.3 −7.22%
2023 18 +0.3 +1.69%
2022 17.7 +0.3 +1.72%
2021 17.4 +0 +0%
2020 17.4 −0.3 −1.69%
2019 17.7 −0.7 −3.8%
2018 18.4 −0.7 −3.66%
2017 19.1 −1.5 −7.28%
2016 20.6 −0.8 −3.74%
2015 21.4 −1.2 −5.31%
2014 22.6 −1.5 −6.22%
2013 24.1 −1.6 −6.23%
2012 25.7 −1.5 −5.51%
2011 27.2 −1.5 −5.23%
2010 28.7 −1.3 −4.33%
2009 30 −1 −3.23%
2008 31 −1.4 −4.32%
2007 32.4 −0.4 −1.22%
2006 32.8 −0.5 −1.5%
2005 33.3 −0.5 −1.48%
2004 33.8 −0.7 −2.03%
2003 34.5 −63.3 −64.72%
2002 97.8 −1.2 −1.21%
2001 99 −1.2 −1.2%
2000 100.2 −1.5 −1.47%
1999 101.7 −1.5 −1.45%
1998 103.2 −1.4 −1.34%
1997 104.6 −1.6 −1.51%
1996 106.2 −1.5 −1.39%
1995 107.7 +65.2 +153.41%
1994 42.5 −0.2 −0.47%
1993 42.7 +0.2 +0.47%
1992 42.5 +0.7 +1.67%
1991 41.8 +1.1 +2.7%
1990 40.7 +1.2 +3.04%
1989 39.5 +1.2 +3.13%
1988 38.3 +0.5 +1.32%
1987 37.8 +1 +2.72%
1986 36.8 +0 +0%
1985 36.8 −0.3 −0.81%
1984 37.1 −0.9 −2.37%
1983 38 −1.1 −2.81%
1982 39.1 −1.4 −3.46%
1981 40.5 −1.7 −4.03%
1980 42.2 −1.8 −4.09%
1979 44 −1.9 −4.14%
1978 45.9 −2.1 −4.38%
1977 48 −2.3 −4.57%
1976 50.3 −2.5 −4.73%
1975 52.8 −2.8 −5.04%
1974 55.6 −3 −5.12%
1973 58.6 −3.4 −5.48%
1972 62 −3.8 −5.78%
1971 65.8 −4.1 −5.87%
1970 69.9 −4.6 −6.17%
1969 74.5 −4.9 −6.17%
1968 79.4 −5.1 −6.04%
1967 84.5 −5.1 −5.69%
1966 89.6 −5 −5.29%
1965 94.6 −4.6 −4.64%
1964 99.2 −4.4 −4.25%
1963 103.6 −4 −3.72%
1962 107.6 −4 −3.58%
1961 111.6 −4.2 −3.63%
1960 115.8 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

JP Japan 2.4 KR South Korea 2.8 CN China 5.7 MN Mongolia 13.4 KP North Korea 16.7
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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