Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for iterative decoding of a plurality of Frame Error Check (FEC) blocks included in a frame in a wireless communication system. The method includes decoding a first FEC block by considering a first decoding iteration count; determining whether there is another FEC block to be decoded; newly setting a second decoding iteration count for a second FEC block when there is the second FEC block, in such a manner that a number of times of the iterative decoding is actually used for decoding the first FEC block is subtracted from the first decoding iteration count, and the obtained difference value is added to the second decoding iteration count, which has been set for the second FEC block; and decoding the second FEC block by considering the newly set second decoding iteration count.