Malaysia vs South Korea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.8 per 100 live births in Malaysia and 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2.96 times that in South Korea.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Malaysia has been higher since 1989, when it overtook South Korea.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Malaysia	South Korea	World
2024	0.8	0.3	3.7
2023	0.8	0.3	3.8
2022	0.8	0.3	4
2021	0.8	0.3	4
2020	0.8	0.3	3.9
2019	0.8	0.3	4
2018	0.8	0.3	4
2017	0.8	0.3	4.1
2016	0.8	0.3	4.2
2015	0.8	0.4	4.3
2014	0.8	0.4	4.4
2013	0.8	0.4	4.5
2012	0.8	0.4	4.7
2011	0.8	0.4	5
2010	0.8	0.4	5.1
2009	0.8	0.4	5.3
2008	0.8	0.5	5.5
2007	0.8	0.5	5.7
2006	0.8	0.5	6
2005	0.8	0.6	6.2
2004	0.8	0.6	6.6
2003	0.9	0.6	6.8
2002	0.9	0.7	7.1
2001	0.9	0.7	7.4
2000	1	0.8	7.7
1999	1.1	0.8	7.9
1998	1.2	0.9	8.3
1997	1.2	0.9	8.4
1996	1.3	1	8.6
1995	1.3	1.1	8.8
1994	1.4	1.1	8.9
1993	1.4	1.2	9.1
1992	1.5	1.3	9.2
1991	1.6	1.5	9.3
1990	1.7	1.6	9.4
1989	1.7	1.7	9.5
1988	1.8	1.9	10
1987	1.9	2.1	9.9
1986	2.1	2.2	10.3
1985	2.2	2.5	10.6
1984	2.3	2.7	10.9
1983	2.5	2.9	11.1
1982	2.7	3.2	11.2
1981	2.8	3.4	11.6
1980	3	3.6	11.9
1979	3.3	3.9	11.9
1978	3.5	4	12.3
1977	3.7	4.2	12.6
1976	4	4.4	12.8
1975	4.2	4.6	13.1
1974	4.5	4.8	13.3
1973	4.8	5.1	13.5
1972	5.1	5.4	13.7
1971	5.3	5.7	13.9
1970	5.6	6.1	14.2
1969	5.8	6.6	14.6
1968	6	7.1	15
1967	6.3	7.7	15.3
1966	6.6	8.2	15.1
1965	6.9	8.7	15.1
1964	7.3	9.2	15.7
1963	7.8	9.7	16.2
1962	8.3	10.2	17
1961	8.9	10.7	18.8
1960	9.5	11.3	20.2
1959	10.2	12	19.9
1958	10.9	12.8	19.7
1957	11.5	13.9	20.5
1956	12.2	15.4	21.3
1955	12.9	17.2	22.3
1954	13.7	19.7	22.8
1953	14.4	22.8	23.3
1952	15.3	26.6	23.9
1951	16.2	31.3	24.3
1950	17.1	36.9	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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