South Korea vs Spain: Youth mortality rate

South Korea
0.3671 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3972 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Korea rank
182nd
Spain rank
181st

Youth mortality rate over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0.0301 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 182nd and Spain ranks 181st of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 10.35 deaths per 100 live births 4.47 deaths per 100 live births 5.89 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1970s 6.55 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 3.88 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1980s 3.45 deaths per 100 live births 1.43 deaths per 100 live births 2.02 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
1990s 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 0.9174 deaths per 100 live births 0.5612 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2000s 0.7522 deaths per 100 live births 0.6064 deaths per 100 live births 0.1459 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2010s 0.4541 deaths per 100 live births 0.4263 deaths per 100 live births 0.0278 deaths per 100 live births South Korea
2020s 0.3761 deaths per 100 live births 0.3944 deaths per 100 live births 0.0183 deaths per 100 live births Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, South Korea or Spain?
Spain, at 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births in South Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between South Korea and Spain?
0.0301 deaths per 100 live births, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Spain?
62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do South Korea and Spain rank globally for youth mortality rate?
South Korea ranks 182nd and Spain ranks 181st 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

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