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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1989

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1989
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

55.2 −2.6 from 1988 Global rank: 121st

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 55.2 in 1989, decreased +2.6 from 57.8 in 1988. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1989▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1989
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	4.7	-2.1%
2nd	Iceland	5.3	-3.6%
3rd	Finland	5.8	-1.7%
4th	Sweden	6.1	-1.6%
5th	Monaco	6.6	-4.3%
6th	Singapore	6.7	-8.2%
7th	Switzerland	6.8	-2.9%
8th	Canada	7.0	-4.1%
9th	Netherlands	7.0	-2.8%
10th	Germany	7.4	-5.1%
11th	Norway	7.5	-5.1%
12th	Denmark	7.7	-2.5%
13th	France	7.7	-2.5%
14th	Luxembourg	7.7	-6.1%
15th	Spain	7.8	-3.7%
16th	Australia	8.0	-4.8%
17th	Ireland	8.0	-2.4%
18th	United Kingdom	8.3	-5.7%
19th	Austria	8.4	-4.5%
20th	Belgium	8.6	-3.4%
21st	Italy	8.7	-3.3%
22nd	Andorra	9.2	-2.1%
23rd	Slovenia	9.4	-6.9%
24th	New Zealand	9.6	-5.0%
25th	United States	9.7	-2.0%
26th	Greece	9.8	-6.7%
27th	Cyprus	10.0	-1.0%
28th	Israel	10.1	-3.8%
29th	Brunei Darussalam	10.3	-1.9%
30th	Malta	10.4	-3.7%
31st	Czechia	10.7	-3.6%
32nd	Antigua and Barbuda	10.8	1.9%
33rd	Lithuania	11.1	0.0%
34th	Cuba	11.4	-5.0%
35th	Croatia	12.0	-7.0%
36th	San Marino	12.0	-7.7%
37th	Latvia	12.2	4.3%
38th	Belarus	12.4	-2.4%
39th	United Arab Emirates	12.5	-6.0%
40th	Portugal	12.5	-7.4%
41st	Slovak Republic	13.1	-4.4%
42nd	Korea	13.2	-9.0%
43rd	Malaysia	13.3	-5.0%
44th	Seychelles	13.5	-3.6%
45th	Bulgaria	14.2	0.0%
46th	Estonia	14.2	-0.7%
47th	Dominica	15.0	-1.3%
48th	Costa Rica	15.1	-5.6%
49th	Kuwait	15.4	-5.5%
50th	Turks and Caicos Islands	15.4	-6.1%
51st	Poland	15.6	-3.1%
52nd	Montenegro	15.7	-7.6%
53rd	Hungary	15.8	-4.8%
54th	Barbados	16.9	-4.0%
55th	Chile	17.1	-4.5%
56th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.4	-7.4%
57th	St. Lucia	17.6	-2.8%
58th	Russian Federation	17.7	-2.7%
59th	Ukraine	18.5	-2.1%
60th	Qatar	18.6	-6.1%
61st	Tonga	18.7	-3.1%
62nd	Grenada	19.2	-4.5%
63rd	Sri Lanka	19.3	6.6%
64th	British Virgin Islands	20.0	-4.3%
65th	Bahrain	20.2	-1.0%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.3	-4.2%
67th	Bahamas, The	20.6	-4.2%
68th	Uruguay	21.3	-3.6%
69th	Mauritius	21.4	-7.0%
70th	Fiji	22.2	-4.3%
71st	Samoa	23.5	-3.3%
72nd	Panama	24.6	-3.1%
73rd	Argentina	24.9	0.0%
74th	Jamaica	25.7	-2.3%
75th	Romania	25.9	-3.0%
76th	St. Kitts and Nevis	26.0	-3.7%
77th	Serbia	26.8	-7.3%
78th	Albania	28.6	-5.6%
79th	Solomon Islands	29.2	-2.7%
80th	Moldova	29.3	-2.3%
81st	Vanuatu	29.4	-4.9%
82nd	Lebanon	29.5	-24.6%
83rd	Trinidad and Tobago	30.0	-2.0%
84th	Palau	30.4	-1.6%
85th	Colombia	30.5	-3.2%
86th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	31.0	2.6%
87th	Jordan	32.0	-3.6%
88th	Belize	32.8	-5.7%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	32.8	-3.2%
90th	Thailand	32.8	-5.2%
91st	Libya	33.3	-5.4%
92nd	Oman	34.5	-9.4%
93rd	North Macedonia	36.2	-8.1%
94th	Suriname	38.3	-2.3%
95th	Marshall Islands	38.4	-3.5%
96th	Georgia	38.5	-0.8%
97th	Tunisia	38.6	-3.5%
98th	Viet Nam	38.8	-4.0%
99th	Paraguay	39.0	-3.5%
100th	Botswana	39.2	-2.5%
101st	Mexico	39.6	-4.3%
102nd	Algeria	40.4	-3.3%
103rd	Philippines	40.8	-5.1%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	41.0	-5.1%
105th	Micronesia, Federated States of	42.8	-2.7%
106th	China	43.3	0.0%
107th	Cabo Verde	43.6	-4.8%
108th	Saudi Arabia	43.8	-7.6%
109th	Ecuador	44.6	-4.5%
110th	Tuvalu	44.9	-0.9%
111th	Kazakhstan	45.2	-2.8%
112th	Honduras	46.5	-4.5%
113th	Armenia	47.5	-29.9%
114th	El Salvador	49.6	-5.2%
115th	Dominican Republic	49.7	-3.3%
116th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.1	-5.2%
117th	Zimbabwe	53.0	-0.9%
118th	Guyana	53.7	-1.8%
119th	Brazil	54.1	-3.6%
120th	Nicaragua	55.1	-3.8%
121st	South Africa	55.2	-4.5%
122nd	Iraq	55.7	8.6%
123rd	Congo, Republic of	56.3	0.5%
124th	Namibia	57.3	-2.4%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.7	-3.4%
126th	Eswatini	57.8	-2.9%
127th	Gabon	59.6	-1.5%
128th	Uzbekistan	60.9	-1.9%
129th	Nauru	61.8	-4.2%
130th	Peru	62.4	-4.6%
131st	Guatemala	63.1	-4.0%
132nd	São Tomé and Principe	64.2	1.6%
133rd	Türkiye	64.4	-5.4%
134th	Kenya	65.6	2.3%
135th	Papua New Guinea	66.2	-1.6%
136th	Indonesia	66.8	-3.6%
137th	Morocco	67.6	-3.7%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	70.3	-4.7%
139th	Turkmenistan	70.6	-3.6%
140th	Kiribati	71.5	-3.8%
141st	Mauritania	73.5	-2.1%
142nd	Senegal	74.2	-2.9%
143rd	Ghana	75.0	-3.4%
144th	Azerbaijan	75.6	-0.7%
145th	Lesotho	75.6	-2.1%
146th	Maldives	75.7	-5.1%
147th	Tajikistan	75.7	-2.2%
148th	Mongolia	75.9	-3.3%
149th	Cameroon	80.8	-1.0%
150th	Eritrea	82.7	-2.4%
151st	Rwanda	84.2	-0.1%
152nd	Sudan	85.3	-0.9%
153rd	Togo	86.1	-1.0%
154th	India	86.4	-2.4%
155th	Cambodia	87.6	0.9%
156th	Djibouti	89.3	-1.4%
157th	Burundi	91.5	1.1%
158th	Myanmar	92.0	-1.5%
159th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	93.1	-3.2%
160th	Madagascar	93.7	-2.7%
161st	Kosovo	96.5	-6.3%
162nd	Comoros	96.6	-3.1%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	99.2	-3.0%
164th	Bhutan	99.7	-4.1%
165th	Benin	99.8	-1.8%
166th	Bangladesh	99.9	-3.8%
167th	Zambia	100.5	1.7%
168th	Côte d'Ivoire	100.8	0.3%
169th	Haiti	100.8	-2.8%
170th	Gambia, The	101.7	-2.5%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	103.4	-1.0%
172nd	Burkina Faso	103.7	-1.2%
173rd	Nigeria	105.3	0.5%
174th	Nepal	105.8	-4.2%
175th	Tanzania	106.3	-0.8%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	107.5	-0.2%
177th	Uganda	109.0	-1.0%
178th	Central African Republic	109.4	-0.3%
179th	Pakistan	114.5	-1.5%
180th	Lao PDR	115.9	-1.9%
181st	Chad	117.8	-1.3%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	119.0	-0.4%
183rd	Angola	122.0	0.1%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	125.0	-1.3%
185th	Mali	126.5	-1.9%
186th	Sierra Leone	135.7	-0.3%
187th	Malawi	136.0	-1.3%
188th	Guinea	136.7	-2.0%
189th	Mozambique	147.8	-0.5%
190th	Niger	148.1	-0.4%
191st	Afghanistan	149.0	-8.8%
192nd	South Sudan	158.6	-66.4%
193rd	Liberia	166.9	2.1%
194th	Timor-Leste	168.6	-4.8%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1989?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1989 was 55.2. This ranked 121st globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1989?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.5% in 1989 compared to 1988.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1989?▾

Timor-Leste had the highest infant mortality rate in 1989 at 168.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1989?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1989 was 55.2. This ranked 121st globally.

How does 1989 compare to 1988 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 57.8 in 1988 to 55.2 in 1989, a 4.5% decrease.

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