South Korea vs Thailand

South Korea vs Thailand: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 3.21 times that in South Korea.

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

South Korea vs Thailand: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 3.21 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Thailand has been higher since 1955, 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

YearSouth KoreaThailandWorld
20240.30.93.7
20230.30.93.8
20220.314
20210.314
20200.313.9
20190.314
20180.31.14
20170.31.14.1
20160.31.24.2
20150.41.24.3
20140.41.24.4
20130.41.34.5
20120.41.34.7
20110.41.45
20100.41.45.1
20090.41.55.3
20080.51.55.5
20070.51.65.7
20060.51.76
20050.61.76.2
20040.61.86.6
20030.61.96.8
20020.727.1
20010.72.17.4
20000.82.27.7
19990.82.37.9
19980.92.48.3
19970.92.58.4
199612.78.6
19951.12.88.8
19941.138.9
19931.23.19.1
19921.33.39.2
19911.53.59.3
19901.63.79.4
19891.73.99.5
19881.94.110
19872.14.39.9
19862.24.610.3
19852.54.810.6
19842.7510.9
19832.95.311.1
19823.25.511.2
19813.45.811.6
19803.66.111.9
19793.96.411.9
197846.712.3
19774.2712.6
19764.47.412.8
19754.67.813.1
19744.88.213.3
19735.18.613.5
19725.4913.7
19715.79.513.9
19706.11014.2
19696.610.514.6
19687.110.915
19677.711.415.3
19668.211.915.1
19658.712.315.1
19649.212.815.7
19639.713.316.2
196210.213.817
196110.714.318.8
196011.314.820.2
19591215.319.9
195812.815.819.7
195713.916.320.5
195615.416.921.3
195517.217.522.3
195419.718.122.8
195322.818.723.3
195226.619.423.9
195131.32024.3
195036.920.724.7
1949–21.524.9
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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Good to know

  • 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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