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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1993

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1993
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

48.2 −1.2 from 1992 Global rank: 121st

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 48.2 in 1993, decreased +1.2 from 49.4 in 1992. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1993▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1993
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	4.4	0.0%
2nd	Iceland	4.5	-4.3%
3rd	Singapore	4.6	-8.0%
4th	Finland	4.8	-5.9%
5th	Sweden	4.8	-7.7%
6th	Norway	5.4	-8.5%
7th	Monaco	5.5	-5.2%
8th	Switzerland	5.8	-4.9%
9th	Germany	5.8	-6.5%
10th	Denmark	6.0	-7.7%
11th	Luxembourg	6.1	-6.2%
12th	Netherlands	6.1	-3.2%
13th	Canada	6.2	-3.1%
14th	France	6.2	-7.5%
15th	Australia	6.3	-6.0%
16th	Spain	6.3	-6.0%
17th	Ireland	6.4	-4.5%
18th	United Kingdom	6.5	-5.8%
19th	Austria	6.6	-7.0%
20th	Slovenia	7.1	-6.6%
21st	Belgium	7.3	-5.2%
22nd	Italy	7.3	-5.2%
23rd	New Zealand	7.8	-4.9%
24th	Greece	8.0	-3.6%
25th	Israel	8.1	-6.9%
26th	Andorra	8.4	-2.3%
27th	United States	8.5	-3.4%
28th	Czechia	8.6	-8.5%
29th	San Marino	8.7	-7.4%
30th	European Union	8.7	-5.1%
31st	Portugal	8.8	-9.3%
32nd	Malta	8.9	-4.3%
33rd	Cyprus	9.0	-4.3%
34th	Cuba	9.3	-5.1%
35th	Croatia	9.5	-4.0%
36th	Korea	9.5	-7.8%
37th	Brunei Darussalam	10.1	-1.0%
38th	United Arab Emirates	10.2	-4.7%
39th	Malaysia	11.1	-4.3%
40th	Slovak Republic	11.2	-4.3%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.9	-5.6%
42nd	Antigua and Barbuda	12.1	3.4%
43rd	Belarus	12.3	0.8%
44th	Seychelles	12.3	-1.6%
45th	Chile	12.5	-8.1%
46th	Hungary	12.7	-7.3%
47th	Kuwait	12.8	-3.0%
48th	Costa Rica	13.1	-2.2%
49th	Estonia	13.5	-1.5%
50th	Montenegro	13.6	-1.4%
51st	Poland	13.9	-3.5%
52nd	Barbados	14.2	-4.1%
53rd	Lithuania	14.2	0.7%
54th	Qatar	14.3	-5.9%
55th	Dominica	15.0	0.7%
56th	Bulgaria	15.4	0.7%
57th	Latvia	15.7	3.3%
58th	Grenada	16.3	-4.1%
59th	Tonga	16.3	-3.0%
60th	St. Lucia	16.6	-1.2%
61st	Bahamas, The	17.0	-5.0%
62nd	British Virgin Islands	17.0	-3.4%
63rd	Sri Lanka	17.5	-2.2%
64th	Russian Federation	17.7	1.1%
65th	Bahrain	18.2	-4.7%
66th	Mauritius	18.4	0.0%
67th	Ukraine	18.8	1.6%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.8	-0.5%
69th	Fiji	19.1	-3.5%
70th	Uruguay	19.7	-2.0%
71st	Serbia	19.9	-5.7%
72nd	Samoa	20.7	-3.3%
73rd	Romania	22.3	-1.3%
74th	Panama	22.6	-1.3%
75th	Argentina	22.9	-3.8%
76th	Jamaica	23.3	-2.5%
77th	Oman	23.4	-9.3%
78th	St. Kitts and Nevis	23.8	-1.7%
79th	Albania	24.0	-4.0%
80th	Lebanon	24.4	-4.3%
81st	Vanuatu	25.0	-3.5%
82nd	Belize	26.1	-5.1%
83rd	Solomon Islands	26.4	-2.6%
84th	Thailand	26.4	-5.4%
85th	Colombia	27.0	-2.9%
86th	Libya	27.3	-4.5%
87th	Jordan	28.1	-2.8%
88th	North Macedonia	28.1	-5.4%
89th	Palau	28.1	-2.1%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	28.2	-4.1%
91st	Trinidad and Tobago	28.4	-1.4%
92nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.5	-0.3%
93rd	Moldova	31.7	4.3%
94th	Viet Nam	31.9	-5.3%
95th	Saudi Arabia	32.2	-7.2%
96th	Mexico	32.9	-4.6%
97th	Philippines	33.2	-4.6%
98th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	33.4	0.6%
99th	Marshall Islands	33.6	-2.9%
100th	Tunisia	33.8	-3.4%
101st	Paraguay	34.1	-3.1%
102nd	West Bank and Gaza	34.1	-4.2%
103rd	Suriname	34.2	-3.1%
104th	Ecuador	36.8	-4.9%
105th	Georgia	37.3	-1.1%
106th	Honduras	39.1	-3.9%
107th	Micronesia, Federated States of	39.3	-1.8%
108th	Algeria	39.5	-0.3%
109th	Armenia	39.6	-4.6%
110th	El Salvador	40.1	-5.4%
111th	China	41.3	-2.4%
112th	Botswana	41.5	3.0%
113th	Cabo Verde	41.7	1.0%
114th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.5	-4.1%
115th	Iraq	42.7	-1.4%
116th	Dominican Republic	42.8	-3.8%
117th	Tuvalu	42.9	-1.6%
118th	Brazil	44.9	-5.3%
119th	Kazakhstan	44.9	1.1%
120th	Nicaragua	45.7	-5.0%
121st	South Africa	48.2	-2.4%
122nd	Guyana	48.9	-2.6%
123rd	Türkiye	50.5	-6.1%
124th	Peru	51.1	-5.5%
125th	Nauru	51.4	-4.8%
126th	Namibia	52.4	-2.1%
127th	Guatemala	53.4	-4.1%
128th	Zimbabwe	54.7	2.2%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	56.4	0.4%
130th	Indonesia	56.7	-4.2%
131st	Gabon	56.9	-1.0%
132nd	Morocco	58.5	-3.5%
133rd	Eswatini	58.6	2.8%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	59.0	-4.5%
135th	Maldives	60.5	-5.8%
136th	Kiribati	60.9	-3.8%
137th	Uzbekistan	60.9	0.2%
138th	Papua New Guinea	62.0	-1.6%
139th	Congo, Republic of	62.2	3.5%
140th	São Tomé and Principe	65.6	-0.3%
141st	Mongolia	67.0	-2.9%
142nd	Turkmenistan	67.6	0.1%
143rd	Ghana	68.7	-1.2%
144th	Eritrea	70.8	-4.6%
145th	Kenya	71.2	1.1%
146th	Mauritania	72.5	0.1%
147th	Senegal	73.6	1.1%
148th	Lesotho	74.4	0.8%
149th	Kosovo	74.6	-6.3%
150th	Azerbaijan	76.7	0.4%
151st	India	78.9	-2.1%
152nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	81.1	-3.5%
153rd	Sudan	81.3	-1.3%
154th	Togo	82.5	-1.2%
155th	Tajikistan	83.4	2.6%
156th	Comoros	83.7	-3.7%
157th	Madagascar	83.8	-2.7%
158th	Cameroon	83.9	1.5%
159th	Bhutan	84.8	-4.0%
160th	Bangladesh	85.2	-4.2%
161st	Myanmar	85.7	-1.9%
162nd	Djibouti	85.9	-0.7%
163rd	Nepal	87.8	-4.7%
164th	Haiti	89.5	-3.0%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	90.7	-1.8%
166th	Gambia, The	91.2	-2.9%
167th	Cambodia	91.6	1.7%
168th	Benin	92.0	-2.1%
169th	Côte d'Ivoire	99.7	-0.5%
170th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	99.8	-0.8%
171st	Burundi	100.9	6.1%
172nd	Uganda	101.1	-1.8%
173rd	Zambia	101.5	-0.7%
174th	Burkina Faso	102.0	-0.3%
175th	Tanzania	103.1	-0.8%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	-61.9%
177th	Lao PDR	105.3	-2.6%
178th	Nigeria	105.9	0.1%
179th	Pakistan	106.5	-2.0%
180th	Central African Republic	107.1	-0.7%
181st	Rwanda	110.7	10.3%
182nd	Chad	111.9	-1.2%
183rd	Equatorial Guinea	117.2	-0.4%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	117.3	-1.8%
185th	Mali	118.7	-1.4%
186th	Malawi	121.6	-3.1%
187th	Angola	123.1	0.2%
188th	Guinea	123.3	-2.8%
189th	Afghanistan	132.0	-2.9%
190th	Sierra Leone	134.4	-0.3%
191st	Niger	138.0	-2.6%
192nd	Mozambique	142.0	-1.4%
193rd	Timor-Leste	144.6	-5.1%
194th	South Sudan	163.3	-1.2%
195th	Liberia	168.2	-1.3%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1993?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1993 was 48.2. This ranked 121st globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1993?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.4% in 1993 compared to 1992.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1993?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1993 at 168.2.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1993?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1993 was 48.2. This ranked 121st globally.

How does 1993 compare to 1992 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 49.4 in 1992 to 48.2 in 1993, a 2.4% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1993. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.7%. View full analysis →

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