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Korea - Infant Mortality Rate 1974

Name: Korea Infant Mortality Rate 1974
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

36.8 −1.7 from 1973 Global rank: 47th

Korea's infant mortality rate was 36.8 in 1974, decreased +1.7 from 38.5 in 1973. This was the 47th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1974▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1974
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	9.3	-5.1%
2nd	Japan	10.6	-6.2%
3rd	Finland	10.8	-5.3%
4th	Netherlands	10.8	-4.4%
5th	Denmark	10.9	-6.0%
6th	Iceland	11.0	-4.3%
7th	Norway	11.0	-4.3%
8th	Switzerland	12.0	-6.3%
9th	France	12.7	-3.1%
10th	Canada	15.0	-5.7%
11th	Luxembourg	15.0	-5.7%
12th	Australia	15.3	-5.6%
13th	New Zealand	15.4	-2.5%
14th	Singapore	15.8	-10.7%
15th	United Kingdom	16.1	-3.6%
16th	Belgium	16.6	-5.7%
17th	United States	16.7	-4.6%
18th	Ireland	17.5	-2.8%
19th	Lithuania	17.6	3.5%
20th	Belarus	17.8	-0.6%
21st	Germany	18.8	-4.6%
22nd	Antigua and Barbuda	19.2	-5.9%
23rd	Czechia	19.4	-2.5%
24th	Spain	20.1	-7.8%
25th	Malta	20.1	-5.6%
26th	Austria	21.6	-6.5%
27th	Russian Federation	21.9	-0.5%
28th	Israel	22.2	-3.9%
29th	Italy	22.4	-8.2%
30th	Greece	23.9	-2.0%
31st	Slovak Republic	24.0	-2.0%
32nd	Bulgaria	24.6	-1.6%
33rd	Poland	25.7	-5.2%
34th	Cuba	25.8	-5.5%
35th	Bahamas, The	26.7	0.0%
36th	Ukraine	26.8	-2.2%
37th	Brunei Darussalam	26.9	-6.6%
38th	Dominica	27.5	-7.1%
39th	Tonga	31.3	-4.9%
40th	Grenada	32.0	-1.5%
41st	British Virgin Islands	32.3	-3.6%
42nd	Cyprus	32.7	-3.0%
43rd	Barbados	33.5	-5.1%
44th	Malaysia	33.8	-5.6%
45th	Hungary	34.2	-1.7%
46th	Romania	36.5	-2.1%
47th	Korea	36.8	-4.4%
48th	St. Lucia	38.5	-7.5%
49th	Seychelles	38.5	-7.5%
50th	Portugal	39.5	-8.8%
51st	Jamaica	39.9	-3.9%
52nd	Panama	41.2	-5.1%
53rd	Qatar	41.3	-6.1%
54th	Costa Rica	42.4	-10.5%
55th	Fiji	42.4	-1.4%
56th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	42.7	-4.7%
57th	Turks and Caicos Islands	43.0	-6.7%
58th	Trinidad and Tobago	43.1	-2.5%
59th	Samoa	44.4	-4.7%
60th	Bahrain	45.4	-8.5%
61st	Kuwait	46.0	-5.9%
62nd	Sri Lanka	46.7	-1.7%
63rd	Moldova	47.7	-2.5%
64th	United Arab Emirates	49.0	-9.4%
65th	Uruguay	49.2	1.2%
66th	St. Kitts and Nevis	49.3	-2.0%
67th	Lebanon	51.2	-1.0%
68th	São Tomé and Principe	51.4	1.0%
69th	Marshall Islands	52.5	-1.9%
70th	Philippines	52.6	0.2%
71st	Palau	54.1	-5.7%
72nd	Mauritius	54.4	-5.2%
73rd	Solomon Islands	55.3	-6.3%
74th	Argentina	55.4	-2.6%
75th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57.7	3.6%
76th	Micronesia, Federated States of	58.1	-3.2%
77th	Paraguay	59.1	-1.2%
78th	Jordan	59.7	-4.0%
79th	Guyana	60.1	0.0%
80th	Chile	61.1	-5.1%
81st	Colombia	62.7	-4.3%
82nd	Belize	62.8	-3.7%
83rd	Namibia	62.8	1.8%
84th	Viet Nam	63.8	1.9%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	64.3	-4.2%
86th	Thailand	65.1	-4.5%
87th	Vanuatu	68.5	-3.9%
88th	China	68.6	-5.4%
89th	Zimbabwe	69.0	1.2%
90th	Congo, Republic of	69.6	-1.4%
91st	Cabo Verde	69.8	-5.3%
92nd	Kazakhstan	70.0	-2.5%
93rd	Tuvalu	70.8	-5.6%
94th	Mexico	72.2	-3.1%
95th	Iraq	72.3	-4.1%
96th	Libya	74.6	-6.4%
97th	Dominican Republic	80.3	-3.0%
98th	Kenya	80.5	-2.4%
99th	Zambia	82.1	-2.4%
100th	Botswana	82.3	-3.9%
101st	Gabon	83.2	-2.2%
102nd	Madagascar	85.2	2.2%
103rd	Tunisia	89.4	-5.6%
104th	Sudan	90.3	0.0%
105th	Ecuador	90.8	-3.7%
106th	Brazil	93.1	-2.3%
107th	Papua New Guinea	93.2	-3.1%
108th	Kiribati	94.8	-1.7%
109th	Indonesia	99.7	-2.5%
110th	Honduras	100.0	6.3%
111th	El Salvador	100.2	-2.4%
112th	Peru	100.7	-2.8%
113th	Eswatini	104.8	-3.1%
114th	Ghana	104.9	-3.0%
115th	Tajikistan	106.4	-3.4%
116th	Mauritania	107.5	0.6%
117th	Guatemala	108.6	-3.1%
118th	Tanzania	110.0	-1.3%
119th	Nicaragua	111.4	-3.3%
120th	Uganda	112.2	1.7%
121st	Togo	112.4	-1.8%
122nd	Cameroon	115.1	-1.5%
123rd	Senegal	115.3	-1.9%
124th	Myanmar	115.9	-1.6%
125th	Morocco	120.4	-1.6%
126th	Burundi	122.0	0.4%
127th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	122.6	-1.0%
128th	Central African Republic	122.9	-1.8%
129th	Rwanda	124.2	2.6%
130th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	127.3	-4.4%
131st	Türkiye	127.4	-2.7%
132nd	India	127.6	-1.8%
133rd	Saudi Arabia	128.5	-6.5%
134th	Nigeria	129.1	-3.7%
135th	Benin	129.2	-1.8%
136th	Lesotho	129.7	-2.3%
137th	Pakistan	131.7	-0.7%
138th	Oman	133.5	-5.5%
139th	Chad	134.7	-0.4%
140th	Gambia, The	137.5	-1.4%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	139.4	-3.9%
142nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	140.4	-2.8%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	143.8	-1.4%
144th	Algeria	144.3	-3.2%
145th	Comoros	145.5	-1.9%
146th	Bangladesh	147.2	-0.5%
147th	Sierra Leone	147.3	-0.7%
148th	Mozambique	149.3	0.0%
149th	Burkina Faso	150.7	-2.5%
150th	Haiti	152.4	-2.4%
151st	Niger	152.9	-0.3%
152nd	Malawi	155.2	-2.0%
153rd	Maldives	165.5	-4.7%
154th	Nepal	166.1	-1.9%
155th	South Sudan	166.9	-1.2%
156th	Bhutan	168.0	-2.4%
157th	Liberia	174.0	-1.8%
158th	Guinea	174.4	-1.0%
159th	Mali	178.9	-2.0%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	196.8	-3.1%
161st	Afghanistan	210.7	-1.4%

FAQ

What was Korea's infant mortality rate in 1974?▾

Korea's infant mortality rate in 1974 was 36.8. This ranked 47th globally.

How did Korea's infant mortality rate change in 1974?▾

Korea's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.4% in 1974 compared to 1973.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1974?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1974 at 210.7.

What is the infant mortality rate of Korea in 1974?▾

The infant mortality rate of Korea in 1974 was 36.8. This ranked 47th globally.

How does 1974 compare to 1973 for Korea's infant mortality rate?▾

Korea's infant mortality rate went from 38.5 in 1973 to 36.8 in 1974, a 4.4% decrease.

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