Health in South Korea 1,018 indicators covering health for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 6.9% 2021 down 33.0% 185th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.25 per 100,000 population 2021 down 28.6% 136th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 50.0% 142nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.4% 124th Suicide mortality rate, female 16.94 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.8% 1st Suicide mortality rate, male 38.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.2% 5th Suicide mortality rate 27.53 per 100,000 population 2021 down 22.4% 2nd Nurses and midwives 9.09 per 1,000 people 2022 up 85.2% 28th Share of women among the population living with hiv 9.79 2024 down 4.6% 166th Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies f 0 2023 — 131st Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 0.0% 2023 — 131st Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for c 9.6 2023 up 5.2% 31st Diabetes prevalence who gho 8 2014 up 9.6% 97th Child mortality rate ihme 0.3 2019 down 28.6% 188th Neonatal mortality ihme 0.14 2019 down 22.2% 192nd Number of neonatal deaths ihme 567 2019 down 32.6% 110th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 3.43 2020 down 18.9% 46th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 7.79 2020 down 17.0% 49th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 12.18 2020 down 16.7% 53rd Low-birthweight babies 7.5% 2020 up 24.5% 110th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 67.13 2022 up 17.5% 15th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 10.36 2022 up 17.9% 133rd Prevalence of diabetes, crude 14.53 2022 up 42.6% 81st Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 64.52 2022 up 14.0% 21st Inequality in life expectancy 0.0246 2023 down 24.1% 191st Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.0246 2023 down 24.1% 191st Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 0.1% 2022 down 50.0% 116th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 0.1% 2022 unchanged 114th Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 148th Maternal mortality slope chart 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 149th The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 149th Number of maternal deaths by region 23.86 2020 down 36.1% 111th Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 149th Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 149th Maternal deaths by income group 23.86 2020 down 36.1% 111th Maternal mortality vs fertility 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 149th Maternal deaths ihme 23.86 2020 down 36.1% 111th Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 8.12 2020 down 1.5% 148th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologi 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 148th Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking 0 2023 down 100.0% 147th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 97.0% 2025 down 1.0% 32nd Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) immunizatio 97.0% 2025 down 1.0% 33rd Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage amo 97.0% 2025 down 1.0% 33rd Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 97.0% 2025 down 1.0% 30th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage by 95.0% 2025 down 2.1% 29th Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis first-dose (DTP1) immunization 98.0% 2025 unchanged 42nd Implementation of tools to monitor economic and environmental tourism 2 2023 unchanged 62nd Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% height-for 1.8% 2024 unchanged 152nd Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions), model 23.5 2024 down 44.0% 109th Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands), mo 70.5 2024 down 51.5% 70th Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-fo 5.5% 2024 down 14.1% 80th Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1.4 2018 up 7.7% 16th Mean total cholesterol, crude 4.9 2018 unchanged 35th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 3.4 2018 down 2.9% 75th Mean HDL cholesterol, crude 1.4 2018 up 7.7% 18th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude 3.5 2018 down 2.8% 58th Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized 4.8 2018 unchanged 38th Prevalence of anemia among children 15.0% 2019 up 8.7% 164th Births attended by skilled health staff 100.0% 2015 up 0.1% 1st Births attended by health staff sdgs 100 2015 up 0.1% 1st ← Previous Page 8 of 17 Next →