Iceland vs Korea: Mortality rate, infant, male
Iceland
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Korea
2.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iceland rank
184th
Korea rank
181st
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Iceland
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Iceland, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 184th and Korea ranks 181st of 197 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.28 per 1,000 live births | 66.48 per 1,000 live births | 49.2 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 1970s | 11.77 per 1,000 live births | 39.25 per 1,000 live births | 27.48 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 1980s | 6.98 per 1,000 live births | 21.72 per 1,000 live births | 14.74 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 1990s | 4.57 per 1,000 live births | 9.27 per 1,000 live births | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 2000s | 2.69 per 1,000 live births | 4.83 per 1,000 live births | 2.14 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 2010s | 2.16 per 1,000 live births | 3.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.98 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
| 2020s | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.34 per 1,000 live births | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Iceland or Korea?
- Korea, at 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Iceland and Korea?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Korea rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Iceland ranks 184th and Korea ranks 181st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.