Which has higher number of youth deaths, Jamaica or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 1,049 deaths against 702 deaths in Jamaica as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Jamaica and Republic of Korea?

347 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Jamaica vs Republic of Korea: Number of youth deaths

Jamaica

702 deaths

in 2024

Republic of Korea

1,049 deaths

in 2024

Jamaica rank

120th

Republic of Korea rank

117th

Number of youth deaths over time

Jamaica
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 1,049 deaths against 702 deaths in Jamaica, a difference of 347 deaths.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.5 times Jamaica's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Jamaica ranks 120th and Republic of Korea ranks 117th of 199 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,742 deaths	10,330 deaths	8,588 deaths	Republic of Korea
2000s	1,162 deaths	4,071 deaths	2,909 deaths	Republic of Korea
2010s	883.4 deaths	1,976 deaths	1,092 deaths	Republic of Korea
2020s	747.8 deaths	1,151 deaths	403.6 deaths	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Jamaica or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 1,049 deaths against 702 deaths in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Jamaica and Republic of Korea?: 347 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Republic of Korea?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Jamaica ranks 120th and Republic of Korea ranks 117th 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 Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.