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Korea, Republic of: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

2.80per 1,000 live births · 2024-22.2% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1950 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20242.8
20232.9
20222.9
20213
20203.1
20193.1
20183.2
20173.3
20163.4
20153.5
20143.6
20133.7
20123.8
20114
20104.1
20094.3
20084.5
20074.8
20065.2
20055.6
20046
20036.4
20026.8
20017.2
20007.6
19998
19988.5
19979.1
19969.8
199510.5
199411.4
199312.3
199213.3
199114.5
199015.7
198917.1
198818.7
198720.5
198622.4
198524.6
198426.9
198329.3
198231.6
198134
198036.3
197938.5
197840.4
197742.4
197644.2
197546.2
197448.3
197350.8
197253.7
197157.2
197061.4
196966
196871.1
196776.5
196681.9
196587.3
196492.4
196397.4
1962102.3
1961107.2
1960112.9
1959119.7
1958128.2
1957139.2
1956153.7
1955172.3
1954196.6
1953227.6
1952266.1
1951312.9
1950369.4

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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