What is the difference in youth mortality rate between North Korea and Vanuatu?

0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Vanuatu ahead.

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

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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Korea vs Vanuatu: Youth mortality rate

North Korea

2.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Vanuatu

2.09 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

North Korea rank

87th

Vanuatu rank

86th

Youth mortality rate over time

North Korea
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 2.03 deaths per 100 live births in North Korea, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 87th and Vanuatu ranks 86th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 3 and Vanuatu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.49 deaths per 100 live births	3.64 deaths per 100 live births	4.84 deaths per 100 live births	North Korea
2000s	6.13 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	3.17 deaths per 100 live births	North Korea
2010s	2.72 deaths per 100 live births	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	0.4036 deaths per 100 live births	North Korea
2020s	2.12 deaths per 100 live births	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	0.0301 deaths per 100 live births	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, North Korea or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 2.03 deaths per 100 live births in North Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between North Korea and Vanuatu?: 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Vanuatu?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Vanuatu rank globally for youth mortality rate?: North Korea ranks 87th and Vanuatu ranks 86th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.