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South Korea vs Spain: Mortality rate, infant

South Korea
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Spain
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Korea rank
179th
Spain rank
176th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 179th and Spain ranks 176th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.