North Korea vs Saint Lucia: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
North Korea
14.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Saint Lucia
15.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
North Korea rank
87th
Saint Lucia rank
84th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- North Korea
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 15.6 per 1,000 live births against 14.9 per 1,000 live births in North Korea, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
North Korea ranks 87th and Saint Lucia ranks 84th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 5 and Saint Lucia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.44 per 1,000 live births | 100.47 per 1,000 live births | 11.03 per 1,000 live births | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 50.39 per 1,000 live births | 46.05 per 1,000 live births | 4.34 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 1980s | 34.75 per 1,000 live births | 23.02 per 1,000 live births | 11.73 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 1990s | 68.44 per 1,000 live births | 17.53 per 1,000 live births | 50.91 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2000s | 48.48 per 1,000 live births | 16.89 per 1,000 live births | 31.59 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2010s | 20.15 per 1,000 live births | 16.95 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2020s | 15.62 per 1,000 live births | 16 per 1,000 live births | 0.38 per 1,000 live births | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, North Korea or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 15.6 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 North Korea and Saint Lucia?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Saint Lucia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Saint Lucia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- North Korea ranks 87th and Saint Lucia ranks 84th 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.