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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1988

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1988
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

57.8 −3.0 from 1987 Global rank: 122nd

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 57.8 in 1988, decreased +3.0 from 60.8 in 1987. This was the 122nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1988▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1988
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	4.8	-4.0%
2nd	Iceland	5.5	-3.5%
3rd	Finland	5.9	-1.7%
4th	Sweden	6.2	-1.6%
5th	Monaco	6.9	-5.5%
6th	Switzerland	7.0	-1.4%
7th	Netherlands	7.2	-4.0%
8th	Canada	7.3	-2.7%
9th	Singapore	7.3	-6.4%
10th	Germany	7.8	-6.0%
11th	Denmark	7.9	-1.3%
12th	France	7.9	-2.5%
13th	Norway	7.9	-3.7%
14th	Spain	8.1	-3.6%
15th	Ireland	8.2	-2.4%
16th	Luxembourg	8.2	-4.7%
17th	Australia	8.4	-4.5%
18th	Austria	8.8	-6.4%
19th	United Kingdom	8.8	-3.3%
20th	Belgium	8.9	-3.3%
21st	Italy	9.0	-5.3%
22nd	Andorra	9.4	-3.1%
23rd	United States	9.9	-2.0%
24th	Cyprus	10.1	-2.9%
25th	New Zealand	10.1	-4.7%
26th	Slovenia	10.1	-6.5%
27th	Brunei Darussalam	10.5	-2.8%
28th	Greece	10.5	-7.1%
29th	Israel	10.5	-4.5%
30th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.6	1.0%
31st	Malta	10.8	-4.4%
32nd	Czechia	11.1	-4.3%
33rd	Lithuania	11.1	-6.7%
34th	Latvia	11.7	-1.7%
35th	Cuba	12.0	-5.5%
36th	Belarus	12.7	-3.8%
37th	Croatia	12.9	-6.5%
38th	San Marino	13.0	-7.8%
39th	United Arab Emirates	13.3	-6.3%
40th	Portugal	13.5	-6.9%
41st	Slovak Republic	13.7	-4.2%
42nd	Malaysia	14.0	-4.8%
43rd	Seychelles	14.0	-2.8%
44th	Bulgaria	14.2	-1.4%
45th	Estonia	14.3	-1.4%
46th	Korea	14.5	-8.8%
47th	Dominica	15.2	-1.3%
48th	Costa Rica	16.0	-5.9%
49th	Poland	16.1	-3.0%
50th	Kuwait	16.3	-5.2%
51st	Turks and Caicos Islands	16.4	-6.8%
52nd	Hungary	16.6	-5.1%
53rd	Montenegro	17.0	-8.1%
54th	Barbados	17.6	-3.3%
55th	Chile	17.9	-3.2%
56th	St. Lucia	18.1	-2.2%
57th	Sri Lanka	18.1	-4.2%
58th	Russian Federation	18.2	-3.2%
59th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.8	-7.8%
60th	Ukraine	18.9	-2.6%
61st	Tonga	19.3	-3.0%
62nd	Qatar	19.8	-6.2%
63rd	Grenada	20.1	-3.8%
64th	Bahrain	20.4	-1.4%
65th	British Virgin Islands	20.9	-4.6%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.2	-5.4%
67th	Bahamas, The	21.5	-3.6%
68th	Uruguay	22.1	-4.3%
69th	Mauritius	23.0	-4.6%
70th	Fiji	23.2	-3.7%
71st	Samoa	24.3	-3.6%
72nd	Argentina	24.9	-0.4%
73rd	Panama	25.4	-3.4%
74th	Jamaica	26.3	-2.2%
75th	Romania	26.7	-0.4%
76th	St. Kitts and Nevis	27.0	-3.9%
77th	Serbia	28.9	-6.5%
78th	Moldova	30.0	-3.8%
79th	Solomon Islands	30.0	-2.6%
80th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	30.2	2.0%
81st	Albania	30.3	-6.2%
82nd	Trinidad and Tobago	30.6	-1.6%
83rd	Palau	30.9	-1.6%
84th	Vanuatu	30.9	-5.8%
85th	Colombia	31.5	-3.4%
86th	Jordan	33.2	-3.8%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	33.9	-3.7%
88th	Thailand	34.6	-4.9%
89th	Belize	34.8	-5.7%
90th	Libya	35.2	-5.4%
91st	Oman	38.1	-9.5%
92nd	Georgia	38.8	-1.0%
93rd	Lebanon	39.1	-4.2%
94th	Suriname	39.2	-2.5%
95th	North Macedonia	39.4	-7.3%
96th	Marshall Islands	39.8	-3.2%
97th	Tunisia	40.0	-4.1%
98th	Botswana	40.2	-4.3%
99th	Paraguay	40.4	-3.6%
100th	Viet Nam	40.4	-3.1%
101st	Mexico	41.4	-4.2%
102nd	Algeria	41.8	-5.9%
103rd	Philippines	43.0	-4.7%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	43.2	-5.3%
105th	China	43.3	0.5%
106th	Micronesia, Federated States of	44.0	-2.9%
107th	Tuvalu	45.3	-0.7%
108th	Cabo Verde	45.8	-5.2%
109th	Kazakhstan	46.5	-3.1%
110th	Ecuador	46.7	-4.7%
111th	Saudi Arabia	47.4	-7.6%
112th	Honduras	48.7	-4.5%
113th	Iraq	51.3	9.1%
114th	Dominican Republic	51.4	-3.2%
115th	El Salvador	52.3	-5.3%
116th	Zimbabwe	53.5	-2.4%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	53.9	-5.3%
118th	Guyana	54.7	-1.6%
119th	Congo, Republic of	56.0	-0.2%
120th	Brazil	56.1	-3.4%
121st	Nicaragua	57.3	-3.9%
122nd	South Africa	57.8	-4.9%
123rd	Namibia	58.7	-2.7%
124th	Eswatini	59.5	-3.7%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.7	-4.5%
126th	Gabon	60.5	-1.6%
127th	Uzbekistan	62.1	-3.0%
128th	São Tomé and Principe	63.2	1.8%
129th	Kenya	64.1	1.7%
130th	Nauru	64.5	-4.6%
131st	Peru	65.4	-4.8%
132nd	Guatemala	65.7	-4.1%
133rd	Papua New Guinea	67.3	-1.8%
134th	Armenia	67.8	31.1%
135th	Türkiye	68.1	-5.3%
136th	Indonesia	69.3	-3.3%
137th	Morocco	70.2	-4.0%
138th	Turkmenistan	73.2	-4.2%
139th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	73.8	-5.5%
140th	Kiribati	74.3	-3.5%
141st	Mauritania	75.1	-3.2%
142nd	Azerbaijan	76.1	-1.0%
143rd	Senegal	76.4	-3.8%
144th	Lesotho	77.2	-2.4%
145th	Tajikistan	77.4	-3.9%
146th	Ghana	77.6	-3.5%
147th	Mongolia	78.5	-3.3%
148th	Maldives	79.8	-5.1%
149th	Cameroon	81.6	-2.0%
150th	Rwanda	84.3	-1.7%
151st	Eritrea	84.7	-2.1%
152nd	Sudan	86.1	-0.9%
153rd	Cambodia	86.8	0.6%
154th	Togo	87.0	-1.4%
155th	India	88.5	-2.5%
156th	Burundi	90.5	0.3%
157th	Djibouti	90.6	-1.6%
158th	Myanmar	93.4	-1.3%
159th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	96.2	-3.1%
160th	Madagascar	96.3	-2.1%
161st	Zambia	98.8	2.4%
162nd	Comoros	99.7	-3.1%
163rd	Côte d'Ivoire	100.5	-0.4%
164th	Benin	101.6	-1.6%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	102.3	-3.4%
166th	Kosovo	103.0	-6.3%
167th	Haiti	103.7	-2.8%
168th	Bangladesh	103.8	-3.6%
169th	Bhutan	104.0	-4.1%
170th	Gambia, The	104.3	-2.5%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	104.4	-0.9%
172nd	Nigeria	104.8	0.4%
173rd	Burkina Faso	105.0	-1.8%
174th	Tanzania	107.2	-0.7%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	107.7	0.4%
176th	Central African Republic	109.7	-0.3%
177th	Uganda	110.1	-1.3%
178th	Nepal	110.4	-3.9%
179th	Pakistan	116.3	-1.4%
180th	Lao PDR	118.2	-1.8%
181st	Chad	119.4	-1.2%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	119.5	-0.7%
183rd	Angola	121.9	-0.2%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	126.6	-1.3%
185th	Mali	129.0	-2.0%
186th	Sierra Leone	136.1	-0.3%
187th	Malawi	137.8	-0.1%
188th	Guinea	139.5	-1.8%
189th	Mozambique	148.6	-0.5%
190th	Niger	148.7	0.1%
191st	Afghanistan	163.4	-7.6%
192nd	Liberia	163.4	2.3%
193rd	Timor-Leste	177.1	-2.0%
194th	South Sudan	472.5	176.0%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1988?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1988 was 57.8. This ranked 122nd globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1988?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.9% in 1988 compared to 1987.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1988?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1988 at 472.5.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1988?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1988 was 57.8. This ranked 122nd globally.

How does 1988 compare to 1987 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 60.8 in 1987 to 57.8 in 1988, a 4.9% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1988. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.3%. View full analysis →

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