Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea
Korea: Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year was 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea is 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea peaked at 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5082 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2006.
Korea ranks 159th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5324 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 0.5181 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5226 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.518 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5154 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5135 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5082 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5111 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5086 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5083 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5231 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5235 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5383 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5315 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5295 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5411 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5473 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5543 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5782 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5696 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5884 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5156 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5082 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5324 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5436 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5231 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5782 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6007 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5884 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 156 Cape Verde 0.6317 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 157 Dominican Republic 0.6281 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 158 Tonga 0.6185 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 160 Honduras 0.6109 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 161 Israel 0.5992 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 162 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.597 deaths per 100,000 people compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea?
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Korea was 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.613 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
- What is the lowest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5082 deaths per 100,000 people in 2006.
- How does Korea rank for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year?
- Korea ranks 159th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths from all causes in both sexes, per 100,000 people.