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Korea, Rep.
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

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

Global rank#181out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

74.456.438.420.32.3196019922024Korea, Rep. · 2024: 2.30Korea, Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Korea, Rep. records 2.30 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #181 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 74.40 in 1960 to 2.30 in 2024, a decrease of 72.10.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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