South Korea vs United States

South Korea vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 2.32 times that in South Korea.

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

South Korea vs United States: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 2.32 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 1998, 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 KoreaUnited StatesWorld
20240.30.73.7
20230.30.73.8
20220.30.74
20210.30.74
20200.30.73.9
20190.30.74
20180.30.74
20170.30.74.1
20160.30.74.2
20150.40.74.3
20140.40.74.4
20130.40.74.5
20120.40.74.7
20110.40.75
20100.40.75.1
20090.40.85.3
20080.50.85.5
20070.50.85.7
20060.50.86
20050.60.86.2
20040.60.86.6
20030.60.86.8
20020.70.87.1
20010.70.87.4
20000.80.87.7
19990.80.97.9
19980.90.98.3
19970.90.98.4
199610.98.6
19951.118.8
19941.118.9
19931.219.1
19921.31.19.2
19911.51.19.3
19901.61.19.4
19891.71.29.5
19881.91.210
19872.11.29.9
19862.21.210.3
19852.51.310.6
19842.71.310.9
19832.91.311.1
19823.21.411.2
19813.41.411.6
19803.61.511.9
19793.91.611.9
197841.612.3
19774.21.712.6
19764.41.812.8
19754.61.913.1
19744.8213.3
19735.12.113.5
19725.42.213.7
19715.72.213.9
19706.12.314.2
19696.62.414.6
19687.12.515
19677.72.615.3
19668.22.615.1
19658.72.715.1
19649.22.815.7
19639.72.816.2
196210.22.917
196110.7318.8
196011.3320.2
1959123.119.9
195812.83.119.7
195713.93.220.5
195615.43.221.3
195517.23.322.3
195419.73.422.8
195322.83.523.3
195226.63.623.9
195131.33.724.3
195036.93.824.7
1949–3.924.9
1948–424.9
1947–4.325.5
1946–4.725.8
1945–4.826.7
1944–527.4
1943–5.427.7
1942–5.527.9
1941–627.8
1940–6.227.9
1939–6.328
1938–728.7
1937–7.428.8
1936–7.629.1
1935–7.529.5
1934–830.7
1933–7.330.5
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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