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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1984

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1984
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

70.9 −3.7 from 1983 Global rank: 125th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 70.9 in 1984, decreased +3.7 from 74.6 in 1983. This was the 125th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1984▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1984
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	5.8	-6.5%
2nd	Finland	6.2	-1.6%
3rd	Iceland	6.4	-4.5%
4th	Sweden	6.5	-1.5%
5th	Switzerland	7.4	-2.6%
6th	Denmark	7.9	0.0%
7th	Netherlands	8.0	-2.4%
8th	Norway	8.2	1.2%
9th	Canada	8.3	-4.6%
10th	France	8.8	-3.3%
11th	Ireland	9.3	-4.1%
12th	Singapore	9.4	-6.0%
13th	Australia	9.6	-2.0%
14th	Spain	9.6	-5.0%
15th	Germany	9.7	-5.8%
16th	Luxembourg	9.8	-3.0%
17th	United Kingdom	10.0	-2.9%
18th	Belgium	10.2	-3.8%
19th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.7	-2.7%
20th	United States	10.9	-2.7%
21st	Italy	11.2	-5.9%
22nd	Austria	11.3	-5.0%
23rd	New Zealand	11.6	-2.5%
24th	Czechia	12.4	-3.1%
25th	Brunei Darussalam	12.5	-6.0%
26th	Israel	12.8	-4.5%
27th	Malta	12.8	-3.8%
28th	Slovenia	13.0	-5.8%
29th	Cyprus	13.2	-9.6%
30th	Greece	13.7	-4.9%
31st	Latvia	14.0	-4.8%
32nd	Lithuania	14.2	-2.7%
33rd	Belarus	14.7	-3.3%
34th	Cuba	14.8	-5.1%
35th	Estonia	15.4	-3.1%
36th	Dominica	16.5	-2.9%
37th	Slovak Republic	16.5	-4.6%
38th	Seychelles	16.5	-5.7%
39th	Bulgaria	16.6	-4.6%
40th	Croatia	16.7	-4.6%
41st	Portugal	17.5	-6.4%
42nd	Malaysia	17.6	-6.4%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	17.9	-8.2%
44th	Poland	18.5	-3.6%
45th	Costa Rica	19.0	-0.5%
46th	Chile	19.4	-7.2%
47th	Hungary	19.7	-0.5%
48th	Barbados	20.0	-3.4%
49th	Russian Federation	20.5	-1.9%
50th	St. Lucia	20.6	-4.2%
51st	Korea	21.0	-7.9%
52nd	Kuwait	21.0	-8.7%
53rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	21.4	-7.0%
54th	Tonga	21.4	-2.3%
55th	Ukraine	21.5	-3.6%
56th	Bahrain	22.9	-4.6%
57th	Bahamas, The	23.7	-1.3%
58th	Grenada	23.8	-4.4%
59th	Romania	24.1	-2.0%
60th	Mauritius	24.2	-6.6%
61st	Sri Lanka	24.3	-8.6%
62nd	Montenegro	24.5	-
63rd	British Virgin Islands	24.7	-3.5%
64th	Qatar	24.8	-4.6%
65th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.2	-
66th	Uruguay	26.2	-5.1%
67th	Argentina	27.5	-5.5%
68th	Fiji	27.5	-4.8%
69th	Samoa	28.1	-4.1%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	28.4	-9.0%
71st	Jamaica	29.1	-2.7%
72nd	Panama	29.3	-3.6%
73rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	29.3	-2.0%
74th	St. Kitts and Nevis	33.1	-6.0%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	33.2	-2.4%
76th	Solomon Islands	33.7	-3.4%
77th	Palau	33.8	-2.6%
78th	Serbia	34.7	-
79th	Moldova	35.8	-4.3%
80th	Colombia	37.1	-5.1%
81st	Jordan	39.0	-4.2%
82nd	Vanuatu	39.8	-6.6%
83rd	Syrian Arab Republic	39.9	-4.3%
84th	Albania	40.2	-7.6%
85th	Lebanon	41.4	-4.4%
86th	Georgia	41.5	-2.8%
87th	Thailand	41.8	-4.1%
88th	Belize	42.9	-4.2%
89th	Suriname	43.0	-2.1%
90th	China	43.4	-1.6%
91st	Libya	43.5	-4.8%
92nd	Viet Nam	44.7	-1.8%
93rd	Marshall Islands	44.9	-2.6%
94th	North Macedonia	46.1	-3.6%
95th	Paraguay	46.4	-3.3%
96th	Tuvalu	47.3	-2.1%
97th	Micronesia, Federated States of	48.2	-1.0%
98th	Tunisia	48.3	-5.3%
99th	Botswana	49.1	-4.7%
100th	Mexico	49.1	-4.3%
101st	Philippines	49.4	-1.8%
102nd	Iraq	50.6	-2.9%
103rd	Kazakhstan	53.6	-3.6%
104th	Cabo Verde	53.8	-1.1%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	54.3	-5.7%
106th	Ecuador	57.1	-5.3%
107th	Guyana	57.4	-0.9%
108th	Oman	57.6	-9.9%
109th	São Tomé and Principe	58.0	2.5%
110th	Armenia	58.4	-3.9%
111th	Dominican Republic	58.4	-3.0%
112th	Congo, Republic of	58.6	-2.2%
113th	Honduras	58.8	-4.4%
114th	Zimbabwe	63.0	-5.3%
115th	Kenya	63.1	-1.6%
116th	Algeria	64.3	-14.4%
117th	Saudi Arabia	64.3	-7.1%
118th	Brazil	64.7	-3.9%
119th	Gabon	65.3	-2.4%
120th	El Salvador	65.3	-5.4%
121st	Namibia	66.2	-2.9%
122nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	67.2	-5.9%
123rd	Nicaragua	67.3	-4.5%
124th	Eswatini	70.6	-11.9%
125th	South Africa	70.9	-5.0%
126th	Papua New Guinea	72.3	-2.0%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	72.7	-4.7%
128th	Uzbekistan	73.8	-5.6%
129th	Guatemala	77.1	-3.7%
130th	Indonesia	78.2	-2.6%
131st	Peru	79.3	-3.8%
132nd	Azerbaijan	81.1	-1.9%
133rd	Morocco	83.2	-4.3%
134th	Kiribati	83.7	-2.1%
135th	Türkiye	84.4	-5.0%
136th	Ghana	86.8	-1.3%
137th	Lesotho	87.0	-3.9%
138th	Mauritania	87.4	-3.4%
139th	Mongolia	88.2	-2.1%
140th	Zambia	88.2	2.7%
141st	Cambodia	88.3	-3.7%
142nd	Turkmenistan	88.5	-4.8%
143rd	Senegal	88.9	-2.5%
144th	Tajikistan	91.0	-2.4%
145th	Rwanda	91.6	-3.7%
146th	Togo	92.3	-1.8%
147th	Cameroon	92.5	-4.0%
148th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	95.3	-6.3%
149th	Burundi	95.4	-3.9%
150th	Djibouti	97.2	-1.8%
151st	India	97.6	-2.3%
152nd	Maldives	98.2	-4.9%
153rd	Myanmar	98.3	-1.3%
154th	Madagascar	100.8	0.7%
155th	Nigeria	103.0	-0.1%
156th	Côte d'Ivoire	103.1	-1.4%
157th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	105.8	0.0%
158th	Tanzania	107.7	0.8%
159th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	108.1	-2.4%
160th	Benin	108.3	-1.5%
161st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	108.5	-1.0%
162nd	Sudan	109.5	-0.6%
163rd	Central African Republic	110.7	-0.4%
164th	Comoros	112.8	-3.0%
165th	Burkina Faso	113.8	-2.0%
166th	Gambia, The	115.3	-2.3%
167th	Haiti	116.3	-2.8%
168th	Uganda	118.7	-2.5%
169th	Bangladesh	119.1	-2.9%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	120.6	-5.3%
171st	Bhutan	122.0	-3.8%
172nd	Pakistan	122.7	-1.1%
173rd	Angola	123.4	-0.6%
174th	Equatorial Guinea	124.8	-1.7%
175th	Chad	125.2	-1.1%
176th	Lao PDR	126.2	-1.3%
177th	Nepal	127.9	-3.1%
178th	Malawi	131.3	1.9%
179th	Sierra Leone	138.1	-0.5%
180th	Mali	141.1	-2.4%
181st	Eritrea	141.4	-1.5%
182nd	Niger	144.2	1.4%
183rd	Guinea	149.7	-1.8%
184th	Mozambique	151.8	-0.2%
185th	South Sudan	152.0	-0.7%
186th	Liberia	153.1	0.0%
187th	Afghanistan	207.7	6.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1984?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1984 was 70.9. This ranked 125th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1984?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 5.0% in 1984 compared to 1983.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1984?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1984 at 207.7.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1984?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1984 was 70.9. This ranked 125th globally.

How does 1984 compare to 1983 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 74.6 in 1983 to 70.9 in 1984, a 5.0% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1984. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 18.7%. View full analysis →

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