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South Korea vs Spain: Mortality rate, under-5

South Korea
2.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Spain
3.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Korea rank
177th
Spain rank
175th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 3.2 per 1,000 live births against 2.8 per 1,000 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0.4 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 177th and Spain ranks 175th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (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, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.