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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1985

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1985
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

67.4 −3.5 from 1984 Global rank: 128th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 67.4 in 1985, decreased +3.5 from 70.9 in 1984. This was the 128th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1985▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1985
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	5.5	-5.2%
2nd	Finland	6.1	-1.6%
3rd	Iceland	6.1	-4.7%
4th	Sweden	6.4	-1.5%
5th	Switzerland	7.3	-1.4%
6th	Denmark	7.9	0.0%
7th	Netherlands	7.9	-1.3%
8th	Canada	8.0	-3.6%
9th	Monaco	8.0	-
10th	Norway	8.3	1.2%
11th	France	8.5	-3.4%
12th	Singapore	8.8	-6.4%
13th	Ireland	8.9	-4.3%
14th	Germany	9.2	-5.2%
15th	Spain	9.2	-4.2%
16th	Australia	9.3	-3.1%
17th	Luxembourg	9.4	-4.1%
18th	United Kingdom	9.7	-3.0%
19th	Belgium	9.8	-3.9%
20th	Andorra	10.1	-
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	10.5	-1.9%
22nd	Italy	10.5	-6.2%
23rd	Austria	10.6	-6.2%
24th	United States	10.6	-2.8%
25th	New Zealand	11.3	-2.6%
26th	Brunei Darussalam	11.8	-5.6%
27th	Cyprus	12.0	-9.1%
28th	Czechia	12.2	-1.6%
29th	Israel	12.2	-4.7%
30th	Malta	12.3	-3.9%
31st	Slovenia	12.3	-5.4%
32nd	Greece	12.9	-5.8%
33rd	Latvia	13.2	-5.7%
34th	Lithuania	13.6	-4.2%
35th	Cuba	14.1	-4.7%
36th	Belarus	14.2	-3.4%
37th	Estonia	15.0	-2.6%
38th	Slovak Republic	15.7	-4.8%
39th	Seychelles	15.7	-4.8%
40th	Bulgaria	15.8	-4.8%
41st	Croatia	15.8	-5.4%
42nd	Dominica	16.0	-3.0%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	16.5	-7.8%
44th	Malaysia	16.5	-6.3%
45th	Portugal	16.5	-5.7%
46th	San Marino	16.8	-
47th	Poland	17.8	-3.8%
48th	Costa Rica	18.6	-2.1%
49th	Chile	18.8	-3.1%
50th	Korea	19.2	-8.6%
51st	Hungary	19.3	-2.0%
52nd	Barbados	19.4	-3.0%
53rd	Kuwait	19.5	-7.1%
54th	St. Lucia	19.8	-3.9%
55th	Russian Federation	20.0	-2.4%
56th	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.0	-6.5%
57th	Ukraine	20.8	-3.3%
58th	Tonga	20.9	-2.3%
59th	Bahrain	22.0	-3.9%
60th	Sri Lanka	22.1	-9.1%
61st	Montenegro	22.3	-9.0%
62nd	Grenada	22.8	-4.2%
63rd	Bahamas, The	23.4	-1.3%
64th	Qatar	23.6	-4.8%
65th	Mauritius	23.8	-1.7%
66th	British Virgin Islands	23.8	-3.6%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.1	-8.0%
68th	Romania	24.6	2.1%
69th	Uruguay	25.2	-3.8%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	26.0	-8.5%
71st	Argentina	26.2	-4.7%
72nd	Fiji	26.3	-4.4%
73rd	Samoa	27.1	-3.6%
74th	Panama	28.2	-3.8%
75th	Jamaica	28.4	-2.4%
76th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	29.0	-1.0%
77th	St. Kitts and Nevis	31.2	-5.7%
78th	Trinidad and Tobago	32.5	-2.1%
79th	Solomon Islands	32.7	-3.0%
80th	Palau	32.9	-2.7%
81st	Serbia	33.6	-3.2%
82nd	Moldova	34.1	-4.7%
83rd	Albania	37.2	-7.5%
84th	Vanuatu	37.2	-6.5%
85th	Colombia	37.4	0.8%
86th	Jordan	37.4	-4.1%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	38.2	-4.3%
88th	Lebanon	39.6	-4.3%
89th	Thailand	40.0	-4.3%
90th	Georgia	40.5	-2.4%
91st	Belize	40.9	-4.7%
92nd	Libya	41.3	-5.1%
93rd	Suriname	42.0	-2.3%
94th	China	43.0	-0.9%
95th	Marshall Islands	43.7	-2.7%
96th	Viet Nam	43.9	-1.8%
97th	Paraguay	44.8	-3.4%
98th	North Macedonia	45.4	-1.5%
99th	Tunisia	45.9	-5.0%
100th	Botswana	46.5	-5.3%
101st	Tuvalu	46.5	-1.7%
102nd	Mexico	47.1	-4.1%
103rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	47.4	-1.7%
104th	Philippines	48.4	-2.0%
105th	Iraq	49.3	-2.6%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	51.1	-5.9%
107th	Kazakhstan	51.7	-3.5%
108th	Oman	51.8	-10.1%
109th	Cabo Verde	52.6	-2.2%
110th	Ecuador	54.1	-5.3%
111th	Algeria	55.5	-13.7%
112th	Armenia	56.1	-3.9%
113th	Honduras	56.1	-4.6%
114th	Dominican Republic	56.6	-3.1%
115th	Guyana	56.9	-0.9%
116th	Congo, Republic of	57.5	-1.9%
117th	São Tomé and Principe	59.5	2.6%
118th	Saudi Arabia	59.8	-7.0%
119th	Zimbabwe	59.8	-5.1%
120th	El Salvador	61.7	-5.5%
121st	Brazil	62.3	-3.7%
122nd	Kenya	62.6	-0.8%
123rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	63.4	-5.7%
124th	Gabon	63.9	-2.1%
125th	Namibia	64.1	-3.2%
126th	Nicaragua	64.5	-4.2%
127th	Eswatini	67.4	-4.5%
128th	South Africa	67.4	-4.9%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	69.0	-5.1%
130th	Uzbekistan	70.0	-5.1%
131st	Papua New Guinea	70.9	-1.9%
132nd	Nauru	73.9	-
133rd	Guatemala	74.2	-3.8%
134th	Peru	75.8	-4.4%
135th	Indonesia	76.1	-2.7%
136th	Azerbaijan	79.6	-1.8%
137th	Morocco	79.6	-4.3%
138th	Türkiye	80.1	-5.1%
139th	Kiribati	81.8	-2.3%
140th	Lesotho	83.9	-3.6%
141st	Mauritania	84.0	-3.9%
142nd	Turkmenistan	84.1	-5.0%
143rd	Ghana	85.1	-2.0%
144th	Mongolia	86.1	-2.4%
145th	Senegal	86.1	-3.1%
146th	Cambodia	86.8	-1.7%
147th	Tajikistan	88.0	-3.3%
148th	Cameroon	88.9	-3.9%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	89.0	-6.6%
150th	Rwanda	89.6	-2.2%
151st	Togo	90.7	-1.7%
152nd	Zambia	91.0	3.2%
153rd	Burundi	92.5	-3.0%
154th	Maldives	93.3	-5.0%
155th	Djibouti	95.3	-2.0%
156th	India	95.3	-2.4%
157th	Myanmar	97.1	-1.2%
158th	Madagascar	100.8	0.0%
159th	Côte d'Ivoire	102.1	-1.0%
160th	Nigeria	103.3	0.3%
161st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	105.3	-2.6%
162nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	106.2	0.4%
163rd	Benin	106.7	-1.5%
164th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	107.4	-1.0%
165th	Tanzania	108.2	0.5%
166th	Sudan	108.8	-0.6%
167th	Comoros	109.4	-3.0%
168th	Central African Republic	110.4	-0.3%
169th	Burkina Faso	111.5	-2.0%
170th	Gambia, The	112.6	-2.3%
171st	Haiti	113.0	-2.8%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	114.9	-4.7%
173rd	Bangladesh	115.4	-3.1%
174th	Uganda	115.9	-2.4%
175th	Bhutan	117.3	-3.9%
176th	Pakistan	121.2	-1.2%
177th	Angola	122.8	-0.5%
178th	Equatorial Guinea	122.9	-1.5%
179th	Nepal	123.8	-3.2%
180th	Chad	123.8	-1.1%
181st	Lao PDR	124.5	-1.3%
182nd	Kosovo	125.2	-
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	132.0	-
184th	Malawi	134.2	2.2%
185th	Eritrea	136.5	-3.5%
186th	Sierra Leone	137.5	-0.4%
187th	Mali	137.7	-2.4%
188th	Niger	146.1	1.3%
189th	Guinea	147.1	-1.7%
190th	South Sudan	150.9	-0.7%
191st	Mozambique	151.2	-0.4%
192nd	Liberia	154.4	0.8%
193rd	Timor-Leste	200.6	-
194th	Afghanistan	202.5	-2.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1985?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1985 was 67.4. This ranked 128th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1985?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.9% in 1985 compared to 1984.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1985?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1985 at 202.5.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1985?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1985 was 67.4. This ranked 128th globally.

How does 1985 compare to 1984 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 70.9 in 1984 to 67.4 in 1985, a 4.9% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1985. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.2%. View full analysis →

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