North Korea vs Paraguay: Child mortality
North Korea
1.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Paraguay
1.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
North Korea rank
90th
Paraguay rank
93rd
Child mortality over time
- North Korea
- Paraguay
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1.67 deaths per 100 live births against 1.63 deaths per 100 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 90th and Paraguay ranks 93rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 20 and Paraguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1810s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1820s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1830s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1840s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1850s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1860s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1870s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1880s | 50.03 deaths per 100 live births | 37.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1890s | 50.02 deaths per 100 live births | 37.39 deaths per 100 live births | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1900s | 51.1 deaths per 100 live births | 37.1 deaths per 100 live births | 14 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1910s | 49.14 deaths per 100 live births | 36.35 deaths per 100 live births | 12.79 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1920s | 40.99 deaths per 100 live births | 35.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5.53 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1930s | 28.44 deaths per 100 live births | 29.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 21.53 deaths per 100 live births | 14.82 deaths per 100 live births | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1950s | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | 8.7 deaths per 100 live births | 13.31 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1960s | 9.6 deaths per 100 live births | 8.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1970s | 5.53 deaths per 100 live births | 7.32 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 3.86 deaths per 100 live births | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | 3.39 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2000s | 5.25 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2010s | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0187 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2020s | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0003 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, North Korea or Paraguay?
- North Korea, at 1.67 deaths per 100 live births against 1.63 deaths per 100 live births in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between North Korea and Paraguay?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Paraguay?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Paraguay rank globally for child mortality?
- North Korea ranks 90th and Paraguay ranks 93rd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.