South Africa – Death Rate 1988
8.3
−0.1 from 1987
South Africa's death rate was 8.3 in 1988, decreased +0.1 from 8.5 in 1987. This was the 96th highest globally.
Global Ranking – 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | 2.3 | -2.3% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 2.3 | -2.8% |
| 3rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.8 | -3.1% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 2.9 | -3.1% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 3.3 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.5 | -0.7% |
| 7th | French Polynesia | 3.7 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Costa Rica | 3.8 | -1.5% |
| 9th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.0 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Guam | 4.1 | 2.9% |
| 11th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.1 | 0.0% |
| 12th | American Samoa | 4.4 | 0.8% |
| 13th | Macao SAR, China | 4.5 | 4.7% |
| 14th | Jordan | 4.5 | -3.1% |
| 15th | Malaysia | 4.8 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Libya | 4.8 | -3.1% |
| 17th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.9 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.9 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Singapore | 4.9 | 4.3% |
| 20th | Andorra | 5.0 | 4.2% |
| 21st | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.1 | -3.4% |
| 22nd | Panama | 5.1 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | -5.7% |
| 24th | Chile | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Oman | 5.4 | -7.7% |
| 26th | Korea | 5.6 | -5.1% |
| 27th | British Virgin Islands | 5.6 | -1.6% |
| 28th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 5.6 | -0.5% |
| 29th | Aruba | 5.6 | -9.7% |
| 30th | Albania | 5.7 | -1.2% |
| 31st | Thailand | 5.8 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Colombia | 5.9 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | St. Lucia | 5.9 | -0.7% |
| 34th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.0 | -3.0% |
| 35th | Tunisia | 6.0 | -3.3% |
| 36th | Belize | 6.0 | -2.4% |
| 37th | Samoa | 6.1 | -1.3% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | 6.1 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Mexico | 6.1 | -0.3% |
| 40th | Algeria | 6.2 | -5.7% |
| 41st | New Caledonia | 6.2 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Ecuador | 6.3 | -3.0% |
| 43rd | Dominican Republic | 6.3 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 6.4 | -0.1% |
| 45th | Japan | 6.5 | 4.8% |
| 46th | Fiji | 6.5 | -4.1% |
| 47th | Israel | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 48th | Mauritius | 6.6 | 1.5% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.6 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Solomon Islands | 6.6 | -2.0% |
| 51st | China | 6.6 | -1.2% |
| 52nd | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | 1.5% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 6.8 | 1.2% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | -1.9% |
| 55th | Tonga | 6.8 | -0.2% |
| 56th | Cuba | 6.8 | 0.8% |
| 57th | Azerbaijan | 6.8 | 1.5% |
| 58th | Paraguay | 6.9 | -2.6% |
| 59th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.9 | -1.9% |
| 60th | Viet Nam | 6.9 | -3.4% |
| 61st | Philippines | 7.0 | -2.5% |
| 62nd | Liechtenstein | 7.0 | 7.7% |
| 63rd | Australia | 7.2 | -4.0% |
| 64th | Brazil | 7.2 | -2.0% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 7.2 | -3.3% |
| 66th | Canada | 7.3 | 1.4% |
| 67th | Iceland | 7.3 | 4.3% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 7.3 | -1.4% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.3 | 2.0% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 7.3 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.4 | 0.7% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | 7.4 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | North Macedonia | 7.4 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Vanuatu | 7.4 | -8.7% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 7.4 | -3.1% |
| 76th | Gibraltar | 7.6 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.6 | 1.3% |
| 78th | Jamaica | 7.6 | -0.9% |
| 79th | Honduras | 7.6 | -2.3% |
| 80th | Grenada | 7.6 | -0.9% |
| 81st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.7 | -4.5% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 7.8 | -1.5% |
| 83rd | Malta | 7.8 | -7.1% |
| 84th | Botswana | 7.8 | 5.3% |
| 85th | Barbados | 7.9 | 3.9% |
| 86th | Argentina | 7.9 | -2.0% |
| 87th | Bermuda | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Greenland | 7.9 | -3.7% |
| 89th | Eswatini | 7.9 | -3.3% |
| 90th | Spain | 8.2 | 2.5% |
| 91st | San Marino | 8.3 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | New Zealand | 8.3 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Kosovo | 8.3 | -3.4% |
| 94th | Peru | 8.3 | -3.3% |
| 95th | Morocco | 8.3 | -3.7% |
| 96th | South Africa | 8.3 | -1.6% |
| 97th | Turkmenistan | 8.4 | -1.8% |
| 98th | Netherlands | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.4 | 1.6% |
| 100th | Indonesia | 8.4 | -1.3% |
| 101st | Lebanon | 8.5 | -2.0% |
| 102nd | Papua New Guinea | 8.6 | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Suriname | 8.7 | -2.6% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 8.7 | -3.4% |
| 105th | Zimbabwe | 8.7 | 1.0% |
| 106th | Guyana | 8.8 | -0.7% |
| 107th | Dominica | 8.8 | 5.2% |
| 108th | Kenya | 8.8 | 1.3% |
| 109th | Nicaragua | 8.9 | -11.3% |
| 110th | United States | 8.9 | 3.5% |
| 111th | Guatemala | 8.9 | -2.7% |
| 112th | Switzerland | 9.0 | -3.2% |
| 113th | Faroe Islands | 9.0 | 12.5% |
| 114th | Ireland | 9.0 | 1.1% |
| 115th | Maldives | 9.1 | -4.9% |
| 116th | Greece | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | 9.3 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 9.4 | -2.5% |
| 119th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 120th | France | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 121st | Italy | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Moldova | 9.5 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Palau | 9.5 | 2.6% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 9.6 | -4.0% |
| 125th | Portugal | 9.8 | 3.2% |
| 126th | Kiribati | 9.9 | -2.8% |
| 127th | Finland | 9.9 | 2.1% |
| 128th | Poland | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 129th | Uruguay | 9.9 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Namibia | 10.0 | -0.5% |
| 131st | Tajikistan | 10.0 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Slovak Republic | 10.0 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Belarus | 10.1 | 2.0% |
| 134th | Georgia | 10.2 | 3.5% |
| 135th | European Union | 10.2 | -0.3% |
| 136th | Lesotho | 10.3 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Lithuania | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 138th | Luxembourg | 10.3 | -4.6% |
| 139th | Serbia | 10.4 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Congo, Republic of | 10.5 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Channel Islands | 10.5 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 10.6 | -0.9% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | 10.6 | -1.4% |
| 144th | Russian Federation | 10.7 | 1.9% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 10.7 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Nauru | 10.7 | -4.0% |
| 147th | Norway | 10.8 | 0.9% |
| 148th | Austria | 11.0 | -1.8% |
| 149th | Romania | 11.0 | -0.9% |
| 150th | Mauritania | 11.1 | -2.9% |
| 151st | Pakistan | 11.1 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Croatia | 11.1 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 11.2 | 18.8% |
| 154th | India | 11.3 | -2.5% |
| 155th | United Kingdom | 11.4 | 0.9% |
| 156th | Germany | 11.5 | -0.9% |
| 157th | Denmark | 11.5 | 1.8% |
| 158th | Sweden | 11.5 | 3.6% |
| 159th | Ukraine | 11.5 | 2.0% |
| 160th | Mongolia | 11.5 | -2.9% |
| 161st | Myanmar | 11.6 | -1.5% |
| 162nd | Djibouti | 11.7 | -1.4% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 11.7 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Estonia | 11.9 | 0.8% |
| 165th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.0 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Bulgaria | 12.0 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Czechia | 12.1 | -1.6% |
| 168th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.2 | -3.8% |
| 169th | Latvia | 12.2 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Senegal | 12.3 | -4.8% |
| 171st | Sudan | 12.3 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Monaco | 12.3 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Bhutan | 12.4 | -3.8% |
| 174th | Ghana | 12.5 | -3.3% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | 12.6 | -2.5% |
| 176th | Togo | 12.6 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.8 | -2.7% |
| 178th | Hungary | 13.2 | -1.5% |
| 179th | Cambodia | 13.2 | -3.2% |
| 180th | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.5 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 13.5 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Nepal | 13.8 | -3.2% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 13.8 | -2.9% |
| 184th | Lao PDR | 14.1 | -2.3% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 14.3 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Haiti | 14.3 | -1.6% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 14.4 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 14.7 | -1.8% |
| 189th | Armenia | 15.2 | 96.5% |
| 190th | Isle of Man | 15.4 | -2.1% |
| 191st | Benin | 15.7 | -3.4% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 16.0 | 2.4% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 16.4 | -2.6% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 16.5 | -0.8% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 16.6 | -0.4% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 17.3 | -3.5% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 17.4 | -1.5% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | 17.5 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Uganda | 17.8 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 18.9 | -0.2% |
| 201st | Chad | 19.8 | -8.5% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 19.8 | -1.4% |
| 203rd | Mali | 20.4 | -2.1% |
| 204th | Liberia | 20.6 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Afghanistan | 20.6 | -16.3% |
| 206th | Burundi | 20.8 | 15.8% |
| 207th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.0 | 21.3% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 21.3 | -8.8% |
| 209th | Guinea-Bissau | 21.4 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Sierra Leone | 21.9 | -0.4% |
| 211th | Angola | 22.4 | -2.5% |
| 212th | Malawi | 22.8 | 3.7% |
| 213th | Niger | 25.0 | -1.2% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 26.5 | -0.7% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 77.7 | 57.4% |
HistorySaid – pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1988. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.3%. View full analysis →
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