Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Israel or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 679 against 576 in Israel as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Israel and Republic of Korea?

103, with Republic of Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Republic of Korea?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Republic of Korea: Number of under-five deaths

Israel

576

in 2024

Republic of Korea

679

in 2024

Israel rank

120th

Republic of Korea rank

117th

Number of under-five deaths over time

Israel
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 679 against 576 in Israel, a difference of 103.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.2 times Israel's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Israel ranks 120th and Republic of Korea ranks 117th of 196 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2,222	91,578	89,356	Republic of Korea
1970s	2,102	43,027	40,925	Republic of Korea
1980s	1,372	20,290	18,919	Republic of Korea
1990s	964.8	7,786	6,821	Republic of Korea
2000s	790.7	2,951	2,160	Republic of Korea
2010s	667.1	1,497	830.3	Republic of Korea
2020s	596	777.2	181.2	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Israel or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 679 against 576 in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Israel and Republic of Korea?: 103, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Republic of Korea?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Israel and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: Israel ranks 120th and Republic of Korea ranks 117th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.