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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

16.5 −0.7 from 2015 Global rank: 108th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate was 16.5 in 2016, decreased +0.7 from 17.2 in 2015. This was the 108th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.8	-5.3%
2nd	Finland	1.9	-5.0%
3rd	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
4th	Japan	2.0	0.0%
5th	Luxembourg	2.1	-4.5%
6th	Norway	2.1	-4.5%
7th	Slovenia	2.1	0.0%
8th	Singapore	2.2	0.0%
9th	Estonia	2.3	-8.0%
10th	Sweden	2.3	0.0%
11th	Cyprus	2.4	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.6	0.0%
13th	Spain	2.7	0.0%
14th	Korea	2.8	-3.4%
15th	Monaco	2.8	-3.4%
16th	Belarus	2.9	-6.5%
17th	Italy	2.9	-3.3%
18th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
19th	Austria	3.0	-3.2%
20th	Ireland	3.1	-3.1%
21st	Israel	3.1	0.0%
22nd	Andorra	3.2	-5.9%
23rd	Australia	3.2	-3.0%
24th	France	3.2	0.0%
25th	Montenegro	3.2	-8.6%
26th	Germany	3.3	0.0%
27th	Belgium	3.4	0.0%
28th	European Union	3.5	-1.7%
29th	Denmark	3.5	0.0%
30th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
31st	Greece	3.6	0.0%
32nd	Switzerland	3.7	0.0%
33rd	United Kingdom	3.8	-2.6%
34th	Hungary	4.0	-4.8%
35th	Lithuania	4.0	-2.4%
36th	Latvia	4.0	-7.0%
37th	Croatia	4.1	-2.4%
38th	Poland	4.1	-2.4%
39th	Canada	4.6	-2.1%
40th	New Zealand	4.6	-2.1%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.8	-2.0%
42nd	Cuba	4.9	2.1%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.1	0.0%
44th	Serbia	5.2	-3.7%
45th	Malta	5.7	-1.7%
46th	United States	5.7	-1.7%
47th	United Arab Emirates	5.8	-4.9%
48th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
49th	Russian Federation	6.1	-7.6%
50th	Qatar	6.2	-3.1%
51st	Bahrain	6.3	0.0%
52nd	Bulgaria	6.4	-5.9%
53rd	Chile	6.7	-1.5%
54th	Malaysia	6.7	1.5%
55th	Saudi Arabia	6.9	-6.8%
56th	Sri Lanka	7.0	-5.4%
57th	Romania	7.1	-7.8%
58th	Uruguay	7.2	-4.0%
59th	Albania	7.6	0.0%
60th	China	7.6	-7.3%
61st	Costa Rica	7.7	-1.3%
62nd	Kuwait	7.7	-1.3%
63rd	Maldives	8.0	-5.9%
64th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.4	-2.3%
65th	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	1.2%
66th	Georgia	8.7	-2.2%
67th	Kazakhstan	8.8	-7.4%
68th	Ukraine	8.9	-3.3%
69th	Oman	9.0	-1.1%
70th	Tonga	9.4	-2.1%
71st	North Macedonia	9.5	-4.0%
72nd	Argentina	9.7	-3.0%
73rd	Thailand	10.0	-2.9%
74th	Libya	10.2	-3.8%
75th	Türkiye	10.4	-5.5%
76th	Lebanon	11.4	1.8%
77th	Barbados	11.5	-2.5%
78th	El Salvador	12.0	-4.0%
79th	Armenia	12.2	-4.7%
80th	Bahamas, The	12.2	-0.8%
81st	Kosovo	12.3	-5.4%
82nd	Ecuador	12.5	-3.1%
83rd	Belize	12.6	-3.8%
84th	Mauritius	13.0	0.0%
85th	Seychelles	13.3	0.8%
86th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.5	-2.9%
87th	Mexico	13.5	-2.9%
88th	Panama	13.5	-0.7%
89th	Colombia	13.6	-2.9%
90th	British Virgin Islands	13.8	-1.4%
91st	Nicaragua	13.9	-4.8%
92nd	São Tomé and Principe	13.9	-7.9%
93rd	Moldova	14.0	-1.4%
94th	Peru	14.5	-1.4%
95th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.5	-5.8%
96th	Brazil	14.6	6.6%
97th	Jordan	14.7	-2.0%
98th	Samoa	14.7	-0.7%
99th	Nauru	14.8	-8.6%
100th	Mongolia	15.0	-4.5%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	15.2	-3.8%
102nd	Vanuatu	15.3	-0.6%
103rd	Viet Nam	15.4	-1.3%
104th	St. Lucia	15.5	-0.6%
105th	Tunisia	15.8	-1.3%
106th	Grenada	16.1	1.9%
107th	Cabo Verde	16.2	-8.0%
108th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	16.5	-4.1%
109th	Honduras	16.6	-3.5%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.7	-1.2%
111th	Fiji	17.0	4.3%
112th	Uzbekistan	17.4	-6.5%
113th	Jamaica	17.6	0.0%
114th	Kyrgyz Republic	18.4	-5.2%
115th	Suriname	18.6	-2.1%
116th	Palau	18.8	3.3%
117th	Paraguay	18.9	-3.1%
118th	Solomon Islands	19.4	-1.0%
119th	Azerbaijan	19.8	-6.2%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	20.1	-1.5%
121st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.5	-3.3%
122nd	Morocco	20.5	-5.1%
123rd	Indonesia	21.5	-3.6%
124th	Tuvalu	21.5	-3.6%
125th	Algeria	21.6	-1.4%
126th	Philippines	22.3	0.5%
127th	Guatemala	22.5	-3.4%
128th	Bhutan	23.4	-4.1%
129th	Syrian Arab Republic	23.9	-6.6%
130th	Tajikistan	24.1	-2.4%
131st	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.7	-3.0%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	25.9	-4.4%
133rd	Iraq	25.9	-3.0%
134th	Cambodia	26.5	-4.3%
135th	Dominica	27.8	3.7%
136th	South Africa	28.4	-4.4%
137th	Bangladesh	28.6	-4.7%
138th	Marshall Islands	28.7	-2.0%
139th	Guyana	29.5	-2.6%
140th	Nepal	31.2	-4.3%
141st	Dominican Republic	31.3	0.3%
142nd	Eritrea	31.4	-3.1%
143rd	Gabon	32.3	-3.6%
144th	Rwanda	33.1	-1.8%
145th	Congo, Republic of	33.9	-3.1%
146th	Turkmenistan	34.0	0.6%
147th	India	34.7	-5.2%
148th	Ghana	36.4	-3.4%
149th	Uganda	36.4	-5.2%
150th	Senegal	36.9	-1.1%
151st	Mauritania	37.6	-2.3%
152nd	Malawi	37.6	-4.3%
153rd	Kenya	38.7	-1.0%
154th	Papua New Guinea	39.3	-2.7%
155th	Tanzania	39.5	-3.9%
156th	Burundi	40.0	-4.3%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	40.5	-1.9%
158th	Zambia	40.9	-3.8%
159th	Comoros	41.7	-1.9%
160th	Gambia, The	42.3	-3.4%
161st	Kiribati	42.6	0.9%
162nd	Timor-Leste	42.6	-2.7%
163rd	Myanmar	43.1	-3.4%
164th	Madagascar	43.8	0.0%
165th	Togo	44.0	-3.1%
166th	Lao PDR	45.2	-4.0%
167th	Botswana	46.7	-1.1%
168th	Namibia	47.6	0.2%
169th	Sudan	47.8	-2.4%
170th	Haiti	48.7	-2.6%
171st	Angola	48.9	-4.3%
172nd	Zimbabwe	50.8	-3.8%
173rd	Cameroon	51.6	-3.0%
174th	Eswatini	52.0	-5.3%
175th	Mozambique	52.9	-1.7%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	53.4	-3.4%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	54.5	-3.0%
178th	Burkina Faso	54.7	-2.8%
179th	Djibouti	55.1	-2.7%
180th	Benin	55.7	-2.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	57.4	-2.7%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	61.3	-3.3%
183rd	Liberia	61.8	-2.4%
184th	Pakistan	62.2	-3.0%
185th	Afghanistan	62.3	-3.0%
186th	Mali	68.0	-2.0%
187th	Lesotho	68.3	-1.4%
188th	Niger	69.3	0.0%
189th	Nigeria	69.5	-1.0%
190th	Guinea	70.2	-2.0%
191st	Chad	71.0	-2.5%
192nd	Sierra Leone	71.3	-7.3%
193rd	Central African Republic	77.0	6.4%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	82.0	-2.5%
195th	South Sudan	164.1	10.5%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2016?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2016 was 16.5. This ranked 108th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate change in 2016?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2016?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2016 at 164.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2016?▾

The infant mortality rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2016 was 16.5. This ranked 108th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's infant mortality rate went from 17.2 in 2015 to 16.5 in 2016, a 4.1% decrease.

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