# Child mortality rate: North Korea

1.67% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 1.67 |
| 2023 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 1.77 |
| 2021 | 1.74 |
| 2020 | 1.74 |
| 2019 | 1.77 |
| 2018 | 1.84 |
| 2017 | 1.91 |
| 2016 | 2.06 |
| 2015 | 2.14 |
| 2014 | 2.26 |
| 2013 | 2.41 |
| 2012 | 2.57 |
| 2011 | 2.72 |
| 2010 | 2.87 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | 3.24 |
| 2006 | 3.28 |
| 2005 | 3.33 |
| 2004 | 3.38 |
| 2003 | 3.45 |
| 2002 | 9.78 |
| 2001 | 9.9 |
| 2000 | 10.02 |
| 1999 | 10.17 |
| 1998 | 10.32 |
| 1997 | 10.46 |
| 1996 | 10.62 |
| 1995 | 10.77 |
| 1994 | 4.25 |
| 1993 | 4.27 |
| 1992 | 4.25 |
| 1991 | 4.18 |
| 1990 | 4.07 |
| 1989 | 3.95 |
| 1988 | 3.83 |
| 1987 | 3.78 |
| 1986 | 3.68 |
| 1985 | 3.68 |
| 1984 | 3.71 |
| 1983 | 3.8 |
| 1982 | 3.91 |
| 1981 | 4.05 |
| 1980 | 4.22 |
| 1979 | 4.4 |
| 1978 | 4.59 |
| 1977 | 4.8 |
| 1976 | 5.03 |
| 1975 | 5.28 |
| 1974 | 5.56 |
| 1973 | 5.86 |
| 1972 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 6.58 |
| 1970 | 6.99 |
| 1969 | 7.45 |
| 1968 | 7.94 |
| 1967 | 8.45 |
| 1966 | 8.96 |
| 1965 | 9.46 |
| 1964 | 9.92 |
| 1963 | 10.36 |
| 1962 | 10.76 |
| 1961 | 11.16 |
| 1960 | 11.58 |
| 1959 | 12.06 |
| 1958 | 12.67 |
| 1957 | 13.43 |
| 1956 | 14.38 |
| 1955 | 15.54 |
| 1954 | 16.9 |
| 1953 | 21.8 |
| 1952 | 26.54 |
| 1951 | 40.49 |
| 1950 | 46.32 |

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