Iceland vs South Korea: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Iceland
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Korea
2.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iceland rank
179th
South Korea rank
181st
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Iceland
- South Korea
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.5 per 1,000 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
Iceland ranks 179th and South Korea ranks 181st of 197 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.16 per 1,000 live births | 85.27 per 1,000 live births | 68.11 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1970s | 11.79 per 1,000 live births | 44.98 per 1,000 live births | 33.19 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1980s | 7.27 per 1,000 live births | 23.98 per 1,000 live births | 16.71 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1990s | 4.89 per 1,000 live births | 10.42 per 1,000 live births | 5.53 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 2000s | 2.94 per 1,000 live births | 5.42 per 1,000 live births | 2.48 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 2010s | 2.45 per 1,000 live births | 3.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.81 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 2020s | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.04 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Iceland or South Korea?
- Iceland, at 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.5 per 1,000 live births in South Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Iceland and South Korea?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and South Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and South Korea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Iceland ranks 179th and South 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, 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.