# Infant mortality rate in South Korea

Infant mortality rate in South Korea was 2.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=kr

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | 3.8 |
| 2006 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 4.9 |
| 2002 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 5.8 |
| 1999 | 6.1 |
| 1998 | 6.5 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1996 | 7.5 |
| 1995 | 8.1 |
| 1994 | 8.7 |
| 1993 | 9.4 |
| 1992 | 10.2 |
| 1991 | 11.1 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1989 | 13.1 |
| 1988 | 14.3 |
| 1987 | 15.7 |
| 1986 | 17.2 |
| 1985 | 18.9 |
| 1984 | 20.6 |
| 1983 | 22.5 |
| 1982 | 24.3 |
| 1981 | 26.1 |
| 1980 | 27.8 |
| 1979 | 29.4 |
| 1978 | 30.9 |
| 1977 | 32.3 |
| 1976 | 33.6 |
| 1975 | 35 |
| 1974 | 36.5 |
| 1973 | 38.1 |
| 1972 | 40.1 |
| 1971 | 42.5 |
| 1970 | 45.3 |
| 1969 | 48.4 |
| 1968 | 51.7 |
| 1967 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 58.4 |
| 1965 | 61.5 |
| 1964 | 64.4 |
| 1963 | 67 |
| 1962 | 69.4 |
| 1961 | 71.8 |
| 1960 | 74.4 |