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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1983

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1983
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

74.6 −4.0 from 1982 Global rank: 121st

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 74.6 in 1983, decreased +4.0 from 78.6 in 1982. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1983▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1983
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	6.2	-4.6%
2nd	Finland	6.3	-3.1%
3rd	Sweden	6.6	-2.9%
4th	Iceland	6.7	-5.6%
5th	Switzerland	7.6	-2.6%
6th	Denmark	7.9	0.0%
7th	Norway	8.1	1.3%
8th	Netherlands	8.2	-2.4%
9th	Canada	8.7	-5.4%
10th	France	9.1	-3.2%
11th	Ireland	9.7	-5.8%
12th	Australia	9.8	-3.0%
13th	Singapore	10.0	-6.5%
14th	Spain	10.1	-5.6%
15th	Luxembourg	10.1	-3.8%
16th	Germany	10.3	-6.4%
17th	United Kingdom	10.3	-4.6%
18th	Belgium	10.6	-4.5%
19th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.0	-4.3%
20th	United States	11.2	-3.4%
21st	Austria	11.9	-4.8%
22nd	Italy	11.9	-5.6%
23rd	New Zealand	11.9	-2.5%
24th	Czechia	12.8	-3.0%
25th	Brunei Darussalam	13.3	-7.0%
26th	Malta	13.3	-3.6%
27th	Israel	13.4	-5.0%
28th	Slovenia	13.8	-4.8%
29th	Greece	14.4	-5.3%
30th	Cyprus	14.6	-9.9%
31st	Lithuania	14.6	-2.7%
32nd	Latvia	14.7	-2.6%
33rd	Belarus	15.2	-3.2%
34th	Cuba	15.6	-4.9%
35th	Estonia	15.9	-3.0%
36th	Dominica	17.0	-3.4%
37th	Slovak Republic	17.3	-4.4%
38th	Bulgaria	17.4	-3.9%
39th	Croatia	17.5	-4.9%
40th	Seychelles	17.5	-6.9%
41st	Portugal	18.7	-6.0%
42nd	Malaysia	18.8	-6.5%
43rd	Costa Rica	19.1	-0.5%
44th	Poland	19.2	-3.5%
45th	United Arab Emirates	19.5	-8.9%
46th	Hungary	19.8	0.0%
47th	Barbados	20.7	-3.7%
48th	Chile	20.9	-9.1%
49th	Russian Federation	20.9	-1.4%
50th	St. Lucia	21.5	-4.4%
51st	Tonga	21.9	-2.7%
52nd	Ukraine	22.3	-3.5%
53rd	Korea	22.8	-7.7%
54th	Kuwait	23.0	-9.4%
55th	Turks and Caicos Islands	23.0	-6.5%
56th	Bahrain	24.0	-5.5%
57th	Bahamas, The	24.0	-1.2%
58th	Romania	24.6	-5.0%
59th	Grenada	24.9	-3.9%
60th	British Virgin Islands	25.6	-3.4%
61st	Mauritius	25.9	-8.5%
62nd	Qatar	26.0	-4.8%
63rd	Sri Lanka	26.6	-7.3%
64th	Uruguay	27.6	-6.4%
65th	Fiji	28.9	-4.9%
66th	Argentina	29.1	-6.4%
67th	Samoa	29.3	-3.9%
68th	Jamaica	29.9	-2.9%
69th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	29.9	-2.6%
70th	Panama	30.4	-3.5%
71st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	31.2	-9.3%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	34.0	-2.6%
73rd	Palau	34.7	-3.6%
74th	Solomon Islands	34.9	-3.6%
75th	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.2	-5.9%
76th	Moldova	37.4	-3.9%
77th	Colombia	39.1	-5.1%
78th	Jordan	40.7	-4.2%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	41.7	-17.3%
80th	Vanuatu	42.6	-6.4%
81st	Georgia	42.7	-3.2%
82nd	Lebanon	43.3	-39.4%
83rd	Albania	43.5	-8.0%
84th	Thailand	43.6	-4.4%
85th	Suriname	43.9	-
86th	China	44.1	-2.6%
87th	Belize	44.8	-4.1%
88th	Viet Nam	45.5	-1.5%
89th	Libya	45.7	-4.8%
90th	Marshall Islands	46.1	-2.3%
91st	North Macedonia	47.8	-5.3%
92nd	Paraguay	48.0	-3.4%
93rd	Tuvalu	48.3	-2.6%
94th	Micronesia, Federated States of	48.7	-1.0%
95th	Philippines	50.3	-1.4%
96th	Tunisia	51.0	-5.4%
97th	Mexico	51.3	-4.1%
98th	Botswana	51.5	-5.0%
99th	Iraq	52.1	-3.0%
100th	Cabo Verde	54.4	-0.4%
101st	Kazakhstan	55.6	-3.5%
102nd	São Tomé and Principe	56.6	2.2%
103rd	West Bank and Gaza	57.6	-5.9%
104th	Guyana	57.9	-0.7%
105th	Congo, Republic of	59.9	-1.8%
106th	Dominican Republic	60.2	-3.1%
107th	Ecuador	60.3	-5.2%
108th	Armenia	60.8	-4.1%
109th	Honduras	61.5	-4.7%
110th	Oman	63.9	-9.7%
111th	Kenya	64.1	-1.8%
112th	Zimbabwe	66.5	-4.5%
113th	Gabon	66.9	-2.3%
114th	Brazil	67.3	-4.1%
115th	Namibia	68.2	-2.0%
116th	El Salvador	69.0	-5.2%
117th	Saudi Arabia	69.2	-6.7%
118th	Nicaragua	70.5	-5.0%
119th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	71.4	-6.4%
120th	Papua New Guinea	73.8	-2.0%
121st	South Africa	74.6	-5.1%
122nd	Algeria	75.1	-13.6%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	76.3	-4.6%
124th	Uzbekistan	78.2	-5.8%
125th	Guatemala	80.1	-12.8%
126th	Eswatini	80.1	3.4%
127th	Indonesia	80.3	-2.5%
128th	Peru	82.4	-3.1%
129th	Azerbaijan	82.7	-2.1%
130th	Kiribati	85.5	-1.6%
131st	Zambia	85.9	1.9%
132nd	Morocco	86.9	-4.3%
133rd	Ghana	87.9	-0.7%
134th	Türkiye	88.8	-4.9%
135th	Mongolia	90.1	-2.1%
136th	Lesotho	90.5	-4.1%
137th	Mauritania	90.5	-2.6%
138th	Senegal	91.2	-1.9%
139th	Cambodia	91.7	-6.6%
140th	Turkmenistan	93.0	-4.6%
141st	Tajikistan	93.2	-1.4%
142nd	Togo	94.0	-1.9%
143rd	Rwanda	95.1	-5.6%
144th	Cameroon	96.4	-3.9%
145th	Djibouti	99.0	-1.8%
146th	Burundi	99.3	-4.3%
147th	Myanmar	99.6	-1.5%
148th	India	99.9	-2.5%
149th	Madagascar	100.1	1.4%
150th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	101.7	-5.6%
151st	Nigeria	103.1	-0.5%
152nd	Maldives	103.3	-5.1%
153rd	Côte d'Ivoire	104.6	-1.7%
154th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	105.8	-
155th	Tanzania	106.8	1.1%
156th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	109.6	-1.2%
157th	Benin	110.0	-1.4%
158th	Sudan	110.2	24.1%
159th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	110.8	-2.3%
160th	Central African Republic	111.2	-0.5%
161st	Burkina Faso	116.1	-2.0%
162nd	Comoros	116.3	-2.9%
163rd	Gambia, The	118.0	-2.1%
164th	Haiti	119.6	-2.8%
165th	Uganda	121.7	-2.4%
166th	Bangladesh	122.6	-2.8%
167th	Pakistan	124.1	-0.9%
168th	Angola	124.2	-1.0%
169th	Chad	126.6	-0.9%
170th	Bhutan	126.8	-3.6%
171st	Equatorial Guinea	127.0	-1.6%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	127.3	-5.6%
173rd	Lao PDR	127.9	-1.4%
174th	Malawi	128.8	0.8%
175th	Nepal	132.0	-3.0%
176th	Sierra Leone	138.8	-0.4%
177th	Niger	142.2	1.1%
178th	Eritrea	143.5	57.7%
179th	Mali	144.6	-2.4%
180th	Mozambique	152.1	0.1%
181st	Guinea	152.4	-1.6%
182nd	Liberia	153.1	-0.5%
183rd	South Sudan	153.1	-0.9%
184th	Afghanistan	195.1	-2.0%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1983?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1983 was 74.6. This ranked 121st globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1983?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 5.1% in 1983 compared to 1982.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1983?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1983 at 195.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1983?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1983 was 74.6. This ranked 121st globally.

How does 1983 compare to 1982 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 78.6 in 1982 to 74.6 in 1983, a 5.1% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1983. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.3%. View full analysis →

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