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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1977

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1977
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

104.8 −6.6 from 1976 Global rank: 123rd

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 104.8 in 1977, decreased +6.6 from 111.4 in 1976. This was the 123rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1977▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1977
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	8.0	-3.6%
2nd	Finland	8.8	-6.4%
3rd	Japan	8.8	-6.4%
4th	Denmark	9.2	-4.2%
5th	Norway	9.3	-5.1%
6th	Iceland	9.4	-5.1%
7th	Netherlands	9.7	-3.0%
8th	Switzerland	9.8	-6.7%
9th	France	11.4	-3.4%
10th	Canada	12.5	-6.0%
11th	Singapore	12.5	-4.6%
12th	Australia	12.7	-5.9%
13th	Luxembourg	12.7	-5.2%
14th	New Zealand	14.0	-3.4%
15th	Belgium	14.1	-4.7%
16th	United Kingdom	14.1	-4.7%
17th	United States	14.4	-5.3%
18th	Ireland	15.2	-5.6%
19th	Germany	15.5	-6.6%
20th	Antigua and Barbuda	15.9	-6.5%
21st	Spain	15.9	-7.6%
22nd	Austria	16.7	-7.7%
23rd	Malta	17.1	-5.0%
24th	Czechia	17.3	-4.4%
25th	Italy	17.3	-8.0%
26th	Lithuania	17.4	-1.7%
27th	Belarus	17.6	-0.6%
28th	Israel	18.6	-6.5%
29th	Greece	21.1	-5.4%
30th	Brunei Darussalam	21.3	-7.8%
31st	Cuba	21.6	-5.7%
32nd	Russian Federation	21.9	0.0%
33rd	Slovak Republic	22.1	-3.1%
34th	Dominica	22.6	-6.2%
35th	Bulgaria	22.8	-3.4%
36th	Poland	23.1	-2.9%
37th	Ukraine	25.5	-1.5%
38th	Bahamas, The	26.1	-1.1%
39th	Hungary	26.5	-9.6%
40th	Cyprus	26.8	-7.9%
41st	Tonga	27.2	-4.2%
42nd	Malaysia	28.0	-6.0%
43rd	Costa Rica	28.1	-13.5%
44th	Barbados	28.2	-5.7%
45th	Seychelles	29.4	-9.0%
46th	Portugal	29.5	-9.5%
47th	British Virgin Islands	29.9	-2.3%
48th	Grenada	30.4	-1.9%
49th	St. Lucia	30.7	-7.0%
50th	Romania	31.3	-5.2%
51st	Korea	32.7	-3.8%
52nd	Qatar	34.8	-5.4%
53rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	34.8	-6.7%
54th	Bahrain	35.5	-7.6%
55th	United Arab Emirates	36.0	-10.0%
56th	Jamaica	36.0	-3.2%
57th	Panama	36.5	-3.2%
58th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	37.3	-4.1%
59th	Kuwait	38.0	-6.4%
60th	Samoa	38.3	-4.7%
61st	Fiji	38.9	-3.7%
62nd	Mauritius	39.4	-10.5%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	39.9	-2.7%
64th	Sri Lanka	41.1	-5.3%
65th	Chile	41.5	-13.9%
66th	Moldova	44.4	-2.2%
67th	Palau	45.1	-5.6%
68th	Solomon Islands	45.9	-5.7%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	46.3	-2.3%
70th	Uruguay	46.5	-4.3%
71st	Argentina	46.9	-6.8%
72nd	Viet Nam	50.5	-1.6%
73rd	Marshall Islands	50.8	-1.0%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	52.4	0.6%
75th	Jordan	52.6	-4.2%
76th	Philippines	52.8	-0.2%
77th	Georgia	53.2	-3.6%
78th	Micronesia, Federated States of	53.6	-2.4%
79th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	54.0	-4.9%
80th	Colombia	54.2	-5.1%
81st	Belize	56.2	-3.6%
82nd	Syrian Arab Republic	56.2	-4.6%
83rd	Paraguay	56.4	-1.7%
84th	Lebanon	56.5	-44.8%
85th	Thailand	56.6	-4.4%
86th	China	57.3	-5.9%
87th	Guyana	59.8	-0.3%
88th	Tuvalu	60.0	-5.2%
89th	Cabo Verde	60.1	-4.5%
90th	Vanuatu	60.3	-4.3%
91st	Libya	62.0	-5.6%
92nd	Iraq	64.0	-3.9%
93rd	Mexico	65.3	-3.5%
94th	Kazakhstan	66.0	-1.9%
95th	Congo, Republic of	66.4	-1.6%
96th	Namibia	67.2	2.4%
97th	Botswana	70.9	-5.2%
98th	Zimbabwe	72.6	1.8%
99th	Dominican Republic	72.9	-3.2%
100th	Tunisia	73.7	-6.5%
101st	Kenya	74.4	-2.7%
102nd	Gabon	77.5	-2.4%
103rd	Armenia	77.8	-4.2%
104th	Ecuador	79.8	-4.3%
105th	Zambia	80.1	0.0%
106th	Honduras	80.3	-4.1%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	83.0	-6.0%
108th	Papua New Guinea	85.4	-2.8%
109th	Brazil	85.7	-3.1%
110th	Sudan	89.8	-0.2%
111th	Madagascar	90.4	1.8%
112th	El Salvador	91.2	-3.5%
113th	Kiribati	91.9	-0.9%
114th	Indonesia	92.6	-2.3%
115th	Peru	93.4	-2.1%
116th	Eswatini	94.4	-3.6%
117th	Eritrea	94.6	-1.3%
118th	Ghana	94.9	-3.2%
119th	Nicaragua	97.6	-4.9%
120th	Tajikistan	98.4	-2.2%
121st	Guatemala	98.7	-11.4%
122nd	Mauritania	104.7	-1.7%
123rd	South Africa	104.8	-5.9%
124th	Saudi Arabia	104.9	-6.5%
125th	Senegal	105.7	-3.4%
126th	Tanzania	105.7	-1.2%
127th	Togo	106.0	-1.9%
128th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	108.2	-5.7%
129th	Oman	109.6	-6.9%
130th	Myanmar	109.7	-1.8%
131st	Morocco	111.1	-3.1%
132nd	Cameroon	112.6	-0.8%
133rd	Türkiye	115.4	-3.4%
134th	Nigeria	115.9	-3.4%
135th	Lesotho	117.2	-3.7%
136th	Central African Republic	117.6	-1.4%
137th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	118.3	-1.2%
138th	India	118.6	-2.7%
139th	Turkmenistan	119.8	-
140th	Uganda	120.6	2.5%
141st	Burundi	121.3	-0.7%
142nd	Benin	121.7	-2.0%
143rd	Côte d'Ivoire	123.2	-3.9%
144th	Algeria	128.4	-4.2%
145th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	128.8	-2.8%
146th	Pakistan	129.3	-0.6%
147th	Rwanda	130.6	0.5%
148th	Gambia, The	131.5	-1.5%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	132.7	-3.1%
150th	Chad	132.7	-0.5%
151st	Burkina Faso	135.8	-3.6%
152nd	Comoros	136.4	-2.2%
153rd	Haiti	141.0	-2.6%
154th	Maldives	141.6	-5.1%
155th	Bangladesh	141.8	-1.7%
156th	Sierra Leone	144.0	-0.7%
157th	Malawi	144.2	-2.6%
158th	Niger	147.3	-1.7%
159th	Mozambique	149.5	0.1%
160th	Bhutan	155.0	-2.8%
161st	Nepal	155.5	-2.3%
162nd	South Sudan	161.4	-1.0%
163rd	Liberia	164.9	-1.7%
164th	Mali	167.3	-2.3%
165th	Guinea	168.1	-1.5%
166th	Yemen, Republic of	175.2	-4.2%
167th	Afghanistan	200.4	-1.8%
168th	Cambodia	235.2	-4.2%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1977?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1977 was 104.8. This ranked 123rd globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1977?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 5.9% in 1977 compared to 1976.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1977?▾

Cambodia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1977 at 235.2.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1977?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1977 was 104.8. This ranked 123rd globally.

How does 1977 compare to 1976 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 111.4 in 1976 to 104.8 in 1977, a 5.9% decrease.

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