South Korea vs Spain: Child mortality
South Korea
0.2796 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3193 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Korea rank
186th
Spain rank
183rd
Child mortality over time
- South Korea
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0.0397 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was South Korea ahead.
South Korea ranks 186th and Spain ranks 183rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 22 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1810s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1820s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1830s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1840s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 44.86 deaths per 100 live births | 5.48 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1850s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 34.09 deaths per 100 live births | 16.24 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1860s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 30.71 deaths per 100 live births | 19.62 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1870s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 32.3 deaths per 100 live births | 18.03 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1880s | 50.34 deaths per 100 live births | 30.84 deaths per 100 live births | 19.5 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1890s | 50.32 deaths per 100 live births | 31.65 deaths per 100 live births | 18.67 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1900s | 51.28 deaths per 100 live births | 28.46 deaths per 100 live births | 22.83 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1910s | 49.14 deaths per 100 live births | 28.36 deaths per 100 live births | 20.79 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1920s | 40.99 deaths per 100 live births | 24.15 deaths per 100 live births | 16.84 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1930s | 31.16 deaths per 100 live births | 18.96 deaths per 100 live births | 12.21 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1940s | 30.67 deaths per 100 live births | 14.54 deaths per 100 live births | 16.12 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1950s | 20.86 deaths per 100 live births | 7.4 deaths per 100 live births | 13.45 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1960s | 8.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 4.57 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1970s | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1980s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1990s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7243 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4071 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2000s | 0.5828 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4756 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1072 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2010s | 0.359 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3412 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0177 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2020s | 0.2915 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3174 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0259 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, South Korea or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births in South Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between South Korea and Spain?
- 0.0397 deaths per 100 live births, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Spain?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do South Korea and Spain rank globally for child mortality?
- South Korea ranks 186th and Spain ranks 183rd 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.