South Korea vs Netherlands: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.4 per 100 live births in Netherlands, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.39 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

Netherlands has been higher since 2007, 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	South Korea	Netherlands	World
2024	0.3	0.4	3.7
2023	0.3	0.4	3.8
2022	0.3	0.4	4
2021	0.3	0.4	4
2020	0.3	0.4	3.9
2019	0.3	0.4	4
2018	0.3	0.4	4
2017	0.3	0.4	4.1
2016	0.3	0.4	4.2
2015	0.4	0.4	4.3
2014	0.4	0.4	4.4
2013	0.4	0.4	4.5
2012	0.4	0.4	4.7
2011	0.4	0.4	5
2010	0.4	0.4	5.1
2009	0.4	0.5	5.3
2008	0.5	0.5	5.5
2007	0.5	0.5	5.7
2006	0.5	0.5	6
2005	0.6	0.5	6.2
2004	0.6	0.6	6.6
2003	0.6	0.6	6.8
2002	0.7	0.6	7.1
2001	0.7	0.6	7.4
2000	0.8	0.6	7.7
1999	0.8	0.6	7.9
1998	0.9	0.6	8.3
1997	0.9	0.7	8.4
1996	1	0.7	8.6
1995	1.1	0.7	8.8
1994	1.1	0.7	8.9
1993	1.2	0.7	9.1
1992	1.3	0.8	9.2
1991	1.5	0.8	9.3
1990	1.6	0.8	9.4
1989	1.7	0.9	9.5
1988	1.9	0.9	10
1987	2.1	0.9	9.9
1986	2.2	1	10.3
1985	2.5	1	10.6
1984	2.7	1	10.9
1983	2.9	1	11.1
1982	3.2	1	11.2
1981	3.4	1.1	11.6
1980	3.6	1.1	11.9
1979	3.9	1.1	11.9
1978	4	1.2	12.3
1977	4.2	1.2	12.6
1976	4.4	1.3	12.8
1975	4.6	1.3	13.1
1974	4.8	1.4	13.3
1973	5.1	1.4	13.5
1972	5.4	1.5	13.7
1971	5.7	1.5	13.9
1970	6.1	1.6	14.2
1969	6.6	1.6	14.6
1968	7.1	1.7	15
1967	7.7	1.7	15.3
1966	8.2	1.8	15.1
1965	8.7	1.8	15.1
1964	9.2	1.9	15.7
1963	9.7	1.9	16.2
1962	10.2	2	17
1961	10.7	2	18.8
1960	11.3	2.1	20.2
1959	12	2.2	19.9
1958	12.8	2.2	19.7
1957	13.9	2.3	20.5
1956	15.4	2.4	21.3
1955	17.2	2.5	22.3
1954	19.7	2.6	22.8
1953	22.8	2.8	23.3
1952	26.6	2.9	23.9
1951	31.3	3	24.3
1950	36.9	3.2	24.7
1949	–	3.3	24.9
1948	–	3.6	24.9
1947	–	4.2	25.5
1946	–	6.2	25.8
1945	–	10.3	26.7
1944	–	7.1	27.4
1943	–	6.2	27.7
1942	–	5.4	27.9
1941	–	5.7	27.8
1940	–	5.2	27.9
1939	–	4.5	28
1938	–	4.9	28.7
1937	–	4.9	28.8
1936	–	5.2	29.1
1935	–	5.2	29.5
1934	–	5.6	30.7
1933	–	5.7	30.5
1932	–	6.2	30.7
1931	–	6.7	31.4
1930	–	7	31.6
1929	–	8.2	32
1928	–	7.4	31.9
1927	–	8.3	31.9
1926	–	8.6	32.7
1925	–	8.1	32.4
1924	–	8.3	33.1
1923	–	9.4	33.1
1922	–	10.5	33.2
1921	–	11.5	34.2
1920	–	12.4	34.4
1919	–	15	35.7
1918	–	17.9	37.6
1917	–	14	35.3
1916	–	14.1	35.1
1915	–	13.5	35.3
1914	–	14.3	35.4
1913	–	14	35.1
1912	–	13.8	35.5
1911	–	18.8	36
1910	–	16.1	36.4
1909	–	15.4	36.6
1908	–	18.6	37.2
1907	–	17.2	37.4
1906	–	18.5	38.1
1905	–	19	38.8
1904	–	20.8	38.9
1903	–	19.7	39.5
1902	–	20.2	40.1
1901	–	22.9	40.8
1900	–	22.1	40.9
1899	–	21.5	40.8
1898	–	22.6	41.2
1897	–	21.4	41
1896	–	22.6	41.1
1895	–	24.4	41.3
1894	–	23.1	41.2
1893	–	24.9	41.2
1892	–	26.3	41.7
1891	–	26.3	41.3
1890	–	25.9	41.5
1889	–	26.7	41.2
1888	–	26.7	41
1887	–	25.6	41.1
1886	–	29.6	41.1
1885	–	27.1	41.2
1884	–	30.5	41.1
1883	–	28.3	41.4
1882	–	26.9	41.5
1881	–	27.6	41.1
1880	–	31.4	41.6
1879	–	28.3	41.1
1878	–	29.9	41.6
1877	–	28.5	41.2
1876	–	30	41.4
1875	–	32.5	41.5
1874	–	28.7	41.7
1873	–	31.3	41.8
1872	–	34.5	42.1
1871	–	36.9	42.2
1870	–	32.8	41.9
1869	–	28.9	42.1
1868	–	33.7	42.4
1867	–	31	42
1866	–	33.1	42.1
1865	–	34.2	42.3
1864	–	31.5	42.2
1863	–	32	42.5
1862	–	31.5	42.6
1861	–	33.3	42.9
1860	–	31.8	42.9
1859	–	39	43.7
1858	–	33	43.8
1857	–	34.2	44.2
1856	–	30.9	44.2
1855	–	34.3	44
1854	–	29.8	43.7
1853	–	29.3	43.2
1852	–	31.5	42.9
1851	–	30.4	42.4
1850	–	29.4	42
1849	–	27.5	42.3
1848	–	29.6	42.3
1847	–	33.8	42.2
1846	–	37.4	42.4
1845	–	27.3	42
1844	–	26.7	42.1
1843	–	27.5	42.1
1842	–	32.2	42.2
1841	–	27.8	42.1
1840	–	26.7	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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