Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 4.38% to 13.1 in Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Dem. People's Republic of Korea reached an all time high of 55.1 in 1996 and an all time low of 13.1 in 2019. When compared to Dem. People's Republic of Korea's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in China amounted to 5.90, 1.80 in Japan, 2.70 in South Korea and 16.9 in Vietnam in 2019.
Dem. People's Republic of Korea has been ranked 90th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 17 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cambodia | 28.7 | 27.3 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 13.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 36.9 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laos | 43.8 | 42.1 | 40.5 | 39.1 | 37.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3.10 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 9.70 | 9.30 | 8.90 | 8.50 | 8.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.0 |
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