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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Infant Mortality Rate 1999

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Infant Mortality Rate 1999
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

60.4 −1.0 from 1998 Global rank: 141st

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate was 60.4 in 1999, decreased +1.0 from 61.4 in 1998. This was the 141st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.2	-5.9%
2nd	Iceland	3.4	-5.6%
3rd	Japan	3.4	-5.6%
4th	Sweden	3.4	-2.9%
5th	Finland	3.6	-5.3%
6th	Norway	4.0	-2.4%
7th	Luxembourg	4.1	-6.8%
8th	France	4.2	-4.5%
9th	Monaco	4.4	-2.2%
10th	Germany	4.5	-4.3%
11th	Spain	4.5	-4.3%
12th	Austria	4.6	-4.2%
13th	Switzerland	4.7	-2.1%
14th	Czechia	4.8	-7.7%
15th	Denmark	4.8	0.0%
16th	Slovenia	4.8	-5.9%
17th	Belgium	5.0	-5.7%
18th	Italy	5.0	-5.7%
19th	Australia	5.2	-1.9%
20th	Netherlands	5.2	-1.9%
21st	Canada	5.3	-1.9%
22nd	San Marino	5.4	-6.9%
23rd	United Kingdom	5.6	-1.8%
24th	Israel	5.8	-4.9%
25th	Greece	5.9	-6.3%
26th	Portugal	5.9	-6.3%
27th	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
28th	European Union	6.2	-5.2%
29th	Cyprus	6.2	-6.1%
30th	Korea	6.2	-6.1%
31st	New Zealand	6.2	-3.1%
32nd	Andorra	6.8	-4.2%
33rd	Malta	6.9	-4.2%
34th	Cuba	7.1	-4.1%
35th	United States	7.2	-1.4%
36th	Croatia	7.5	-2.6%
37th	Malaysia	8.3	-6.7%
38th	Slovak Republic	8.4	-4.5%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.4	-4.5%
40th	United Arab Emirates	8.6	-2.3%
41st	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	-2.3%
42nd	Poland	8.7	-8.4%
43rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9	-7.3%
44th	Lithuania	8.9	-4.3%
45th	Hungary	9.1	-4.2%
46th	Estonia	9.5	-7.8%
47th	Chile	9.7	-3.0%
48th	Belarus	10.7	-6.1%
49th	Qatar	10.8	-3.6%
50th	Kuwait	10.9	-2.7%
51st	Bahrain	11.1	-6.7%
52nd	Serbia	11.5	-6.5%
53rd	Costa Rica	11.7	-3.3%
54th	Seychelles	11.8	0.0%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.4	-1.6%
56th	Latvia	12.5	-6.7%
57th	Barbados	12.9	0.8%
58th	Montenegro	13.1	-1.5%
59th	Sri Lanka	13.5	-4.3%
60th	Grenada	13.6	-2.2%
61st	Bahamas, The	13.7	-1.4%
62nd	Tonga	14.1	-2.8%
63rd	Oman	14.3	-7.1%
64th	British Virgin Islands	14.7	-2.0%
65th	Bulgaria	14.9	-3.2%
66th	Uruguay	15.3	-4.4%
67th	North Macedonia	15.4	-5.5%
68th	St. Lucia	16.0	0.0%
69th	Russian Federation	16.2	-3.6%
70th	Dominica	16.3	1.9%
71st	Fiji	16.7	-1.2%
72nd	Samoa	16.9	-3.4%
73rd	Argentina	17.3	-4.4%
74th	Mauritius	17.8	-6.3%
75th	Ukraine	18.3	-3.2%
76th	Lebanon	18.5	-4.6%
77th	Albania	18.7	-4.6%
78th	Romania	19.1	-5.4%
79th	Jamaica	19.5	-3.0%
80th	Thailand	19.5	-4.9%
81st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.5	0.5%
82nd	Belize	20.3	-3.8%
83rd	Panama	20.8	-1.9%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.9	-3.2%
85th	Saudi Arabia	21.2	-6.2%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	21.6	-4.0%
87th	Vanuatu	21.8	-1.8%
88th	Libya	22.1	-3.1%
89th	Colombia	22.3	-3.0%
90th	Viet Nam	22.7	-5.0%
91st	Palau	23.1	-3.7%
92nd	Jordan	23.5	-2.9%
93rd	Solomon Islands	23.5	-1.3%
94th	Mexico	24.9	-4.6%
95th	Tunisia	25.3	-5.2%
96th	Ecuador	25.5	-5.9%
97th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.5	-1.1%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	27.2	-3.5%
99th	Philippines	27.7	-2.1%
100th	El Salvador	28.1	-5.7%
101st	Suriname	28.2	-3.4%
102nd	Armenia	29.3	-5.2%
103rd	Paraguay	29.3	-2.0%
104th	Moldova	30.2	-5.9%
105th	Honduras	30.8	-25.2%
106th	Brazil	31.0	-6.1%
107th	Georgia	31.1	-4.9%
108th	China	31.9	-5.6%
109th	Cabo Verde	32.3	-9.0%
110th	Peru	32.4	-7.7%
111th	Nicaragua	32.6	-12.6%
112th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.1	-4.6%
113th	Türkiye	33.2	-7.3%
114th	Marshall Islands	33.4	0.9%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	34.3	-2.8%
116th	Dominican Republic	34.5	-2.8%
117th	Algeria	35.7	-2.5%
118th	Tuvalu	36.9	-2.9%
119th	Maldives	37.3	-9.5%
120th	Kazakhstan	38.3	-5.4%
121st	Iraq	39.0	-1.8%
122nd	Nauru	39.1	-4.4%
123rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.8	-5.6%
124th	Guatemala	42.3	-3.6%
125th	Guyana	42.3	-2.3%
126th	Botswana	42.4	1.7%
127th	Indonesia	43.2	-4.4%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	46.4	-4.9%
129th	South Africa	46.4	1.1%
130th	Morocco	46.9	-3.7%
131st	Kosovo	47.3	-8.0%
132nd	Namibia	47.5	-2.5%
133rd	Kiribati	50.6	-3.1%
134th	Mongolia	50.8	-6.1%
135th	Gabon	51.9	-2.1%
136th	São Tomé and Principe	54.0	-5.1%
137th	Papua New Guinea	56.8	-1.4%
138th	Uzbekistan	57.0	-2.6%
139th	Zimbabwe	58.4	0.2%
140th	Eritrea	60.2	9.5%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.4	-1.6%
142nd	Turkmenistan	61.3	-4.2%
143rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	62.7	-4.9%
144th	Bangladesh	63.3	-5.4%
145th	Bhutan	63.4	-5.1%
146th	Ghana	63.7	-2.5%
147th	Azerbaijan	64.0	-5.6%
148th	Nepal	65.1	-5.1%
149th	Kenya	66.0	-2.8%
150th	Tajikistan	67.0	-6.7%
151st	Comoros	67.1	-3.6%
152nd	India	68.2	-2.8%
153rd	Madagascar	68.3	-3.8%
154th	Mauritania	69.7	-2.2%
155th	Eswatini	71.5	2.6%
156th	Sudan	72.7	-2.3%
157th	Togo	72.8	-2.8%
158th	Haiti	73.1	-3.4%
159th	Congo, Republic of	73.9	0.8%
160th	Myanmar	75.5	-2.2%
161st	Gambia, The	75.6	-3.2%
162nd	Senegal	75.9	-1.4%
163rd	Lesotho	77.4	0.9%
164th	Yemen, Republic of	79.2	-3.5%
165th	Benin	81.4	-2.2%
166th	Djibouti	82.0	-1.3%
167th	Cameroon	84.4	-1.3%
168th	Lao PDR	89.5	-2.8%
169th	Tanzania	89.9	-4.2%
170th	Burundi	91.0	-2.2%
171st	Pakistan	91.4	-2.7%
172nd	Cambodia	92.0	-3.0%
173rd	Zambia	92.5	-2.0%
174th	Uganda	93.0	-2.6%
175th	Côte d'Ivoire	93.2	-1.8%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	93.3	-1.8%
177th	Burkina Faso	94.2	-1.9%
178th	Nigeria	99.5	-2.1%
179th	Guinea	100.8	-3.6%
180th	Central African Republic	101.2	-1.3%
181st	Guinea-Bissau	102.9	-2.5%
182nd	Chad	103.7	-1.5%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
184th	Malawi	105.5	-3.3%
185th	Mali	105.9	-2.6%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	109.2	-2.2%
187th	Niger	111.3	-3.2%
188th	Mozambique	112.4	-5.4%
189th	Afghanistan	113.0	-2.5%
190th	Rwanda	117.2	-5.7%
191st	Angola	117.6	-1.8%
192nd	South Sudan	122.9	-47.6%
193rd	Sierra Leone	125.7	-1.6%
194th	Timor-Leste	130.3	3.2%
195th	Liberia	131.9	-5.4%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 1999?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 1999 was 60.4. This ranked 141st globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate change in 1999?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.6% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1999?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1999 at 131.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1999?▾

The infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1999 was 60.4. This ranked 141st globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate went from 61.4 in 1998 to 60.4 in 1999, a 1.6% decrease.

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