Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Korea or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 509 deaths against 495 deaths in Korea as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Korea and United Arab Emirates?

14 deaths, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United Arab Emirates?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Korea vs United Arab Emirates: Number of infants who die before age 1

Korea

495 deaths

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

509 deaths

in 2023

Korea rank

119th

United Arab Emirates rank

118th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Korea
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 509 deaths against 495 deaths in Korea, a difference of 14 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 119th and United Arab Emirates ranks 118th of 236 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1950s	110,598 deaths	630.8 deaths	109,967 deaths	Korea
1960s	65,414 deaths	628.6 deaths	64,786 deaths	Korea
1970s	32,539 deaths	703.9 deaths	31,835 deaths	Korea
1980s	15,566 deaths	744.4 deaths	14,822 deaths	Korea
1990s	6,227 deaths	533.6 deaths	5,693 deaths	Korea
2000s	2,259 deaths	518.5 deaths	1,740 deaths	Korea
2010s	1,146 deaths	572 deaths	574.5 deaths	Korea
2020s	566.75 deaths	501.25 deaths	65.5 deaths	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Korea or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 509 deaths against 495 deaths in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Korea and United Arab Emirates?: 14 deaths, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United Arab Emirates?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Korea and United Arab Emirates rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Korea ranks 119th and United Arab Emirates ranks 118th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.