North Korea vs Mauritius: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
North Korea
14.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritius
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
North Korea rank
94th
Mauritius rank
92nd
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- North Korea
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.7 per 1,000 live births in North Korea, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 94th and Mauritius ranks 92nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 6 and Mauritius in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.72 per 1,000 live births | 70.51 per 1,000 live births | 5.21 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 1970s | 46.7 per 1,000 live births | 54.17 per 1,000 live births | 7.47 per 1,000 live births | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 33.6 per 1,000 live births | 29.01 per 1,000 live births | 4.59 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 1990s | 52.24 per 1,000 live births | 21.58 per 1,000 live births | 30.66 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2000s | 39.19 per 1,000 live births | 15.73 per 1,000 live births | 23.46 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2010s | 20.02 per 1,000 live births | 14.59 per 1,000 live births | 5.43 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2020s | 15.56 per 1,000 live births | 15.44 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, North Korea or Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.7 per 1,000 live births in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between North Korea and Mauritius?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mauritius?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Mauritius rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- North Korea ranks 94th and Mauritius ranks 92nd 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.