South Korea vs Monaco: Child mortality

South Korea
0.2796 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Monaco
0.2661 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Korea rank
186th
Monaco rank
189th

Child mortality over time

  • South Korea
  • Monaco
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2661 deaths per 100 live births in Monaco, a difference of 0.0135 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 186th and Monaco ranks 189th of 203 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Monaco Difference Ahead
1950s 20.86 deaths per 100 live births 1.9 deaths per 100 live births 18.96 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1960s 8.95 deaths per 100 live births 1.31 deaths per 100 live births 7.64 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1970s 4.83 deaths per 100 live births 0.9873 deaths per 100 live births 3.84 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1980s 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 0.9417 deaths per 100 live births 1.67 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1990s 1.13 deaths per 100 live births 0.6445 deaths per 100 live births 0.487 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2000s 0.5828 deaths per 100 live births 0.457 deaths per 100 live births 0.1258 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2010s 0.359 deaths per 100 live births 0.3561 deaths per 100 live births 0.0029 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2020s 0.2915 deaths per 100 live births 0.2834 deaths per 100 live births 0.0082 deaths per 100 live births South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, South Korea or Monaco?
South Korea, at 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2661 deaths per 100 live births in Monaco as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between South Korea and Monaco?
0.0135 deaths per 100 live births, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Monaco?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do South Korea and Monaco rank globally for child mortality?
South Korea ranks 186th and Monaco ranks 189th 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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.