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Under-five mortality rate
Year Value
2000 127.0085624712
2001 128.7820149703
2002 121.286690243
2003 117.6757622152
2004 110.1248552499
2005 96.7012514334
2006 95.0150327395
2007 95.6765698549
2008 88.5008281162
2009 79.9874140157
2010 82.9479785929
2011 78.9190738207
2012 76.6685840358
2013 71.2423864301
2014 69.3852056772
2015 64.6171220169
2016 63.9850678271
2017 58.7825083089
2018 56.8681925884
2019 55.1411976424
2020 48.803130195
2021 48.459

Source: Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea

Geographical Area: Total

Sub-indicators: Deaths per 100,000 population

Data type

National data (Type1)
This is the national produced statistics in the ROK that best corresponds to the definition of UN SDGs indicators.
Download the national metadata file for more information.
Indicator name

Under-5 mortality rate
Definition

Number of children dying before reaching the age of 5 years per 100,000 population
Data source

Vital Statistics
Data collection

Death reports filed with city, district, and municipal offices (complemented with fetal and baby death reports from crematories).
Organizations

Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea
Periodicity
  • Monthly population trends (birth, death, marriage, divorce): End of month (in two months after the reference month)
    - Annual births: (Provisional) end February in the following year, (confirmed) end August in the following year
    - Annual deaths: (Provisional) end February in the following year, (confirmed) end September in the following year (as part of the Cause of Death Statistics)
    - Annual marriages and divorces: End March in the following year
Metadata https://kostat-sdg-kor.github.io/sdg-indicators/public/data/Metadata-03-02-01_ENG.pdf opens in a new window

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Under-5 mortality rate
Target name

By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
Organizations

UNICEF, UN IGME(Inter-agency Group for child Mortality Estimation)
Metadata https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-02-01.pdf opens in a new window