North Korea vs Vanuatu: Neonatal mortality rate
North Korea
0.8945 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Vanuatu
0.8983 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
North Korea rank
93rd
Vanuatu rank
91st
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- North Korea
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 0.8983 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8945 deaths per 100 live births in North Korea, a difference of 0.0038 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 93rd and Vanuatu ranks 91st of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 4 and Vanuatu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.09 deaths per 100 live births | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0558 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 1990s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6064 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2000s | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7842 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2010s | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1745 deaths per 100 live births | North Korea |
| 2020s | 0.9359 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9388 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0029 deaths per 100 live births | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, North Korea or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 0.8983 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8945 deaths per 100 live births in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between North Korea and Vanuatu?
- 0.0038 deaths per 100 live births, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Vanuatu?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Vanuatu rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- North Korea ranks 93rd and Vanuatu ranks 91st 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .