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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Infant Mortality Rate 2009

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Infant Mortality Rate 2009
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

23.9 −0.8 from 2008 Global rank: 117th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate was 23.9 in 2009, decreased +0.8 from 24.7 in 2008. This was the 117th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	2.1	-4.5%
2nd	Singapore	2.2	-4.3%
3rd	Japan	2.4	-4.0%
4th	Luxembourg	2.4	-4.0%
5th	Finland	2.6	-3.7%
6th	Sweden	2.6	0.0%
7th	San Marino	2.7	-3.6%
8th	Czechia	2.8	-6.7%
9th	Norway	2.8	-3.4%
10th	Slovenia	2.8	-3.4%
11th	Cyprus	2.9	-6.5%
12th	France	3.1	-3.1%
13th	Portugal	3.1	-3.1%
14th	Spain	3.3	-2.9%
15th	Greece	3.3	-2.9%
16th	Monaco	3.3	-2.9%
17th	Italy	3.4	-2.9%
18th	Korea	3.4	-5.6%
19th	Germany	3.5	-2.8%
20th	Denmark	3.6	-2.7%
21st	Austria	3.7	-2.6%
22nd	Ireland	3.7	-2.6%
23rd	Belgium	3.8	0.0%
24th	Israel	3.8	-2.6%
25th	Estonia	3.9	-9.3%
26th	Netherlands	3.9	-2.5%
27th	Switzerland	4.0	0.0%
28th	European Union	4.1	-3.6%
29th	Australia	4.2	-4.5%
30th	Andorra	4.4	-6.4%
31st	Belarus	4.6	-9.8%
32nd	United Kingdom	4.6	-4.2%
33rd	Croatia	4.8	-4.0%
34th	Canada	5.0	-2.0%
35th	Cuba	5.0	-2.0%
36th	New Zealand	5.2	-1.9%
37th	Hungary	5.3	-3.6%
38th	Lithuania	5.4	-10.0%
39th	Poland	5.4	-5.3%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.6	-1.8%
41st	Slovak Republic	5.9	-3.3%
42nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0	-1.6%
43rd	Malta	6.0	0.0%
44th	Montenegro	6.3	-10.0%
45th	United States	6.4	-1.5%
46th	Malaysia	6.5	0.0%
47th	Serbia	6.7	-2.9%
48th	Latvia	6.9	-5.5%
49th	United Arab Emirates	7.2	-1.4%
50th	Bahrain	7.4	-5.1%
51st	Chile	7.6	0.0%
52nd	Qatar	7.7	-2.5%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	8.0	0.0%
54th	Russian Federation	8.6	-4.4%
55th	Bulgaria	9.3	-3.1%
56th	Costa Rica	9.3	-1.1%
57th	Kuwait	9.3	-2.1%
58th	Oman	9.6	-2.0%
59th	Antigua and Barbuda	9.7	-3.0%
60th	North Macedonia	9.7	-5.8%
61st	Uruguay	9.7	-4.9%
62nd	Albania	10.4	-6.3%
63rd	Tonga	10.8	-2.7%
64th	Romania	11.1	-6.7%
65th	Saudi Arabia	11.2	-6.7%
66th	Lebanon	11.4	-2.6%
67th	Ukraine	11.9	-4.8%
68th	Seychelles	12.5	0.8%
69th	Thailand	12.6	-3.8%
70th	Argentina	12.8	-3.0%
71st	Georgia	12.8	-9.2%
72nd	Maldives	12.8	-7.9%
73rd	Barbados	12.9	-1.5%
74th	Sri Lanka	13.0	34.0%
75th	Mauritius	13.0	-1.5%
76th	China	13.6	-8.1%
77th	Grenada	13.6	2.3%
78th	Bahamas, The	13.7	-2.1%
79th	Libya	13.8	-6.1%
80th	British Virgin Islands	13.9	0.0%
81st	Panama	15.1	-3.2%
82nd	Moldova	15.6	-2.5%
83rd	Türkiye	15.7	-7.1%
84th	Belize	15.9	-1.9%
85th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.1	0.0%
86th	St. Lucia	16.1	0.0%
87th	El Salvador	16.4	-4.7%
88th	Brazil	16.7	-5.1%
89th	Ecuador	16.7	-4.0%
90th	Colombia	16.8	-2.9%
91st	Mexico	16.8	-2.9%
92nd	Palau	16.8	-1.8%
93rd	Viet Nam	16.8	-1.2%
94th	Tunisia	16.9	-1.7%
95th	Fiji	17.1	-1.7%
96th	Armenia	17.2	-5.0%
97th	Samoa	17.4	14.5%
98th	Jordan	17.5	-2.8%
99th	Peru	17.5	-4.4%
100th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.6	0.0%
101st	Jamaica	17.9	0.0%
102nd	Vanuatu	17.9	-3.2%
103rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.1	-5.7%
104th	Kazakhstan	18.5	-9.3%
105th	Nicaragua	19.4	-4.9%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	19.7	-3.4%
107th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.7	-1.5%
108th	Kosovo	19.8	-7.9%
109th	Honduras	20.9	-3.2%
110th	Solomon Islands	21.4	-1.4%
111th	Suriname	21.6	-2.3%
112th	Dominica	21.7	3.3%
113th	Mongolia	22.5	-7.8%
114th	Trinidad and Tobago	22.6	-1.7%
115th	Paraguay	23.3	-2.5%
116th	Philippines	23.4	-1.7%
117th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.9	-3.2%
118th	Cabo Verde	24.3	-0.4%
119th	Algeria	25.1	-3.1%
120th	São Tomé and Principe	25.2	-7.7%
121st	Nauru	26.0	-5.5%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.7	-3.6%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	27.4	-6.5%
124th	Tuvalu	27.8	-4.1%
125th	Indonesia	28.2	-3.8%
126th	Guatemala	29.3	-3.6%
127th	Morocco	29.7	-5.4%
128th	Uzbekistan	30.4	-7.9%
129th	Dominican Republic	30.7	-0.3%
130th	Micronesia, Federated States of	30.8	-1.3%
131st	Tajikistan	31.5	-5.7%
132nd	Azerbaijan	31.6	-6.2%
133rd	Iraq	31.8	-2.8%
134th	Marshall Islands	32.2	-0.9%
135th	Bhutan	33.6	-6.4%
136th	Guyana	34.6	-1.7%
137th	Turkmenistan	35.9	-3.5%
138th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	36.8	-5.2%
139th	South Africa	37.7	-7.1%
140th	Bangladesh	38.4	-4.2%
141st	Eritrea	38.6	-3.0%
142nd	Gabon	40.0	-1.7%
143rd	Cambodia	40.6	-7.3%
144th	Nepal	41.8	-3.7%
145th	Kenya	41.9	-1.2%
146th	Kiribati	42.5	-1.2%
147th	Congo, Republic of	42.9	-5.3%
148th	Senegal	43.0	-4.2%
149th	Namibia	43.1	5.9%
150th	Mauritania	43.4	-3.1%
151st	Rwanda	45.4	-7.0%
152nd	Papua New Guinea	47.1	-2.3%
153rd	Madagascar	47.4	-2.9%
154th	Ghana	47.5	-3.5%
155th	Comoros	48.3	-2.8%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	48.5	-4.2%
157th	India	48.7	-4.1%
158th	Botswana	49.3	0.6%
159th	Tanzania	50.5	-5.1%
160th	Zambia	50.7	-4.2%
161st	Uganda	52.4	-4.9%
162nd	Gambia, The	53.5	-3.4%
163rd	Timor-Leste	54.3	-4.2%
164th	Togo	54.6	-2.7%
165th	Malawi	55.5	-3.1%
166th	Sudan	55.7	-2.3%
167th	Myanmar	56.4	-20.3%
168th	Haiti	56.8	-1.9%
169th	Burundi	58.3	-5.7%
170th	Lao PDR	61.3	-4.4%
171st	Mozambique	63.7	-4.9%
172nd	Benin	65.1	-2.0%
173rd	Eswatini	65.5	-4.4%
174th	Cameroon	66.3	-2.4%
175th	Djibouti	66.6	-2.2%
176th	Burkina Faso	68.2	-3.9%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	68.3	-3.4%
178th	Zimbabwe	70.7	-1.4%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	70.9	-2.9%
180th	Guinea-Bissau	71.1	-4.6%
181st	Niger	72.3	-3.0%
182nd	Liberia	72.9	-3.4%
183rd	Angola	73.7	-6.4%
184th	Pakistan	74.8	-2.0%
185th	Guinea	75.3	-1.4%
186th	Nigeria	75.4	-2.2%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	77.9	-3.6%
188th	Lesotho	78.3	-5.8%
189th	Mali	79.1	-2.5%
190th	Afghanistan	80.0	-4.0%
191st	South Sudan	82.1	-4.0%
192nd	Chad	84.9	-2.4%
193rd	Sierra Leone	94.7	-3.9%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	98.9	-2.1%
195th	Central African Republic	234.9	181.0%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2009?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2009 was 23.9. This ranked 117th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate change in 2009?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009 at 234.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2009?▾

The infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2009 was 23.9. This ranked 117th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate went from 24.7 in 2008 to 23.9 in 2009, a 3.2% decrease.

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