What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between South Korea and Monaco?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with South Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Monaco?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Korea vs Monaco: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

South Korea

2.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Monaco

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Korea rank

181st

Monaco rank

183rd

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time

South Korea
Monaco

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Monaco, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 181st and Monaco ranks 183rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 4 and Monaco in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Korea	Monaco	Difference	Ahead
1980s	15.84 per 1,000 live births	7.24 per 1,000 live births	8.6 per 1,000 live births	South Korea
1990s	8.66 per 1,000 live births	5.25 per 1,000 live births	3.41 per 1,000 live births	South Korea
2000s	4.53 per 1,000 live births	3.73 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	South Korea
2010s	2.91 per 1,000 live births	2.92 per 1,000 live births	0.01 per 1,000 live births	Monaco
2020s	2.42 per 1,000 live births	2.34 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, South Korea or Monaco?: South Korea, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Monaco as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between South Korea and Monaco?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Monaco?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do South Korea and Monaco rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: South Korea ranks 181st and Monaco ranks 183rd 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.