Bhutan vs North Korea: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Bhutan
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
North Korea
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bhutan rank
86th
North Korea rank
87th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Bhutan
- North Korea
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in North Korea, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 86th and North Korea ranks 87th of 197 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 263.6 per 1,000 live births | 70.95 per 1,000 live births | 192.65 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 225.73 per 1,000 live births | 50.39 per 1,000 live births | 175.34 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 157.43 per 1,000 live births | 34.75 per 1,000 live births | 122.68 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 99.35 per 1,000 live births | 68.44 per 1,000 live births | 30.91 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 54.9 per 1,000 live births | 48.48 per 1,000 live births | 6.42 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 27.71 per 1,000 live births | 20.15 per 1,000 live births | 7.56 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 17.02 per 1,000 live births | 15.62 per 1,000 live births | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bhutan or North Korea?
- Bhutan, at 15.3 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bhutan and North Korea?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and North Korea?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and North Korea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Bhutan ranks 86th and North Korea ranks 87th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.