North Korea's life expectancy rose from 60.8 yrs in 1995 to 73.7 yrs in 2024.
North Korea · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 17 with data
North Korea's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 55.9 yrs in 2000 to 64.7 yrs in 2021.
North Korea's infant mortality fell from 64.3 ‰ in 1995 to 13.3 ‰ in 2024.
North Korea's under-5 mortality rate fell from 107.7 ‰ in 1995 to 16.7 ‰ in 2024.
North Korea's maternal mortality ratio rose from 57.0 /100k in 1994 to 67.0 /100k in 2023.
North Korea's ncd mortality fell from 23.8 % in 2000 to 23.7 % in 2021.
North Korea's suicide mortality rate rose from 8.6 /100k in 2000 to 9.3 /100k in 2021.
North Korea's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 22.7 /100k in 2000 to 24.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Physiciansdown −14.7 %3rd of 8
- Nurses and midwivesup +1.3 %3rd of 6
- Hospital bedsdown −3.0 %2nd of 138*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts93rd of 149
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