North Korea vs Paraguay: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
North Korea
16.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Paraguay
16.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
North Korea rank
89th
Paraguay rank
91st
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- North Korea
- Paraguay
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 16.7 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 89th and Paraguay ranks 91st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 4 and Paraguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.04 per 1,000 live births | 80.4 per 1,000 live births | 15.64 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 1970s | 55.29 per 1,000 live births | 73.24 per 1,000 live births | 17.95 per 1,000 live births | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 38.61 per 1,000 live births | 56.1 per 1,000 live births | 17.49 per 1,000 live births | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 73.36 per 1,000 live births | 39.42 per 1,000 live births | 33.94 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2000s | 52.48 per 1,000 live births | 30.08 per 1,000 live births | 22.4 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2010s | 22.55 per 1,000 live births | 22.36 per 1,000 live births | 0.19 per 1,000 live births | North Korea |
| 2020s | 17.44 per 1,000 live births | 17.46 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, North Korea or Paraguay?
- North Korea, at 16.7 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between North Korea and Paraguay?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Paraguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Paraguay rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- North Korea ranks 89th and Paraguay ranks 91st 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.