# Under-five mortality rate in North Korea

Under-five mortality rate in North Korea was 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `kp`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- 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, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/north-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=kp

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 16.7 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2022 | 17.7 |
| 2021 | 17.4 |
| 2020 | 17.4 |
| 2019 | 17.7 |
| 2018 | 18.4 |
| 2017 | 19.1 |
| 2016 | 20.6 |
| 2015 | 21.4 |
| 2014 | 22.6 |
| 2013 | 24.1 |
| 2012 | 25.7 |
| 2011 | 27.2 |
| 2010 | 28.7 |
| 2009 | 30 |
| 2008 | 31 |
| 2007 | 32.4 |
| 2006 | 32.8 |
| 2005 | 33.3 |
| 2004 | 33.8 |
| 2003 | 34.5 |
| 2002 | 97.8 |
| 2001 | 99 |
| 2000 | 100.2 |
| 1999 | 101.7 |
| 1998 | 103.2 |
| 1997 | 104.6 |
| 1996 | 106.2 |
| 1995 | 107.7 |
| 1994 | 42.5 |
| 1993 | 42.7 |
| 1992 | 42.5 |
| 1991 | 41.8 |
| 1990 | 40.7 |
| 1989 | 39.5 |
| 1988 | 38.3 |
| 1987 | 37.8 |
| 1986 | 36.8 |
| 1985 | 36.8 |
| 1984 | 37.1 |
| 1983 | 38 |
| 1982 | 39.1 |
| 1981 | 40.5 |
| 1980 | 42.2 |
| 1979 | 44 |
| 1978 | 45.9 |
| 1977 | 48 |
| 1976 | 50.3 |
| 1975 | 52.8 |
| 1974 | 55.6 |
| 1973 | 58.6 |
| 1972 | 62 |
| 1971 | 65.8 |
| 1970 | 69.9 |
| 1969 | 74.5 |
| 1968 | 79.4 |
| 1967 | 84.5 |
| 1966 | 89.6 |
| 1965 | 94.6 |
| 1964 | 99.2 |
| 1963 | 103.6 |
| 1962 | 107.6 |
| 1961 | 111.6 |
| 1960 | 115.8 |