What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between North Korea and Tuvalu?

0.0253 deaths per 100 live births, with North Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Tuvalu?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Korea vs Tuvalu: Neonatal mortality rate

North Korea

0.8945 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tuvalu

0.8692 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

North Korea rank

93rd

Tuvalu rank

96th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

North Korea
Tuvalu

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.8945 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8692 deaths per 100 live births in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.0253 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Tuvalu ahead.

North Korea ranks 93rd and Tuvalu ranks 96th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.09 deaths per 100 live births	2.9 deaths per 100 live births	0.8098 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
1990s	2.33 deaths per 100 live births	2.73 deaths per 100 live births	0.4054 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
2000s	1.93 deaths per 100 live births	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	0.2931 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
2010s	1.21 deaths per 100 live births	1.27 deaths per 100 live births	0.063 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
2020s	0.9359 deaths per 100 live births	0.9274 deaths per 100 live births	0.0085 deaths per 100 live births	North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, North Korea or Tuvalu?: North Korea, at 0.8945 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8692 deaths per 100 live births in Tuvalu as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between North Korea and Tuvalu?: 0.0253 deaths per 100 live births, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Tuvalu?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Tuvalu rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: North Korea ranks 93rd and Tuvalu ranks 96th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .