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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1994

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1994
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

47.5 −0.7 from 1993 Global rank: 122nd

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 47.5 in 1994, decreased +0.7 from 48.2 in 1993. This was the 122nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	4.2	-8.7%
2nd	Japan	4.3	-2.3%
3rd	Iceland	4.4	-2.2%
4th	Sweden	4.4	-8.3%
5th	Finland	4.5	-6.3%
6th	Norway	4.9	-9.3%
7th	Monaco	5.3	-3.6%
8th	Switzerland	5.5	-5.2%
9th	Germany	5.5	-5.2%
10th	Denmark	5.7	-5.0%
11th	France	5.7	-8.1%
12th	Luxembourg	5.7	-6.6%
13th	Spain	5.9	-6.3%
14th	Netherlands	5.9	-3.3%
15th	Australia	6.0	-4.8%
16th	Canada	6.0	-3.2%
17th	Austria	6.1	-7.6%
18th	Ireland	6.1	-4.7%
19th	United Kingdom	6.3	-3.1%
20th	Slovenia	6.6	-7.0%
21st	Belgium	6.8	-6.8%
22nd	Italy	6.8	-6.8%
23rd	New Zealand	7.4	-5.1%
24th	Israel	7.6	-6.2%
25th	Greece	7.7	-3.8%
26th	Czechia	7.9	-8.1%
27th	San Marino	8.0	-8.0%
28th	Portugal	8.1	-8.0%
29th	Andorra	8.2	-2.4%
30th	United States	8.2	-3.5%
31st	European Union	8.2	-5.2%
32nd	Cyprus	8.5	-5.6%
33rd	Malta	8.6	-3.4%
34th	Korea	8.8	-7.4%
35th	Cuba	8.9	-4.3%
36th	Croatia	9.0	-5.3%
37th	United Arab Emirates	9.8	-3.9%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	10.0	-1.0%
39th	Malaysia	10.6	-4.5%
40th	Slovak Republic	10.6	-5.4%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.2	-5.9%
42nd	Chile	11.6	-7.2%
43rd	Hungary	11.6	-8.7%
44th	Seychelles	12.1	-1.6%
45th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.3	1.7%
46th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.3	-59.7%
47th	Belarus	12.4	0.8%
48th	Kuwait	12.4	-3.1%
49th	Costa Rica	12.9	-1.5%
50th	Estonia	13.0	-3.7%
51st	Poland	13.3	-4.3%
52nd	Lithuania	13.4	-5.6%
53rd	Montenegro	13.5	-0.7%
54th	Qatar	13.5	-5.6%
55th	Barbados	13.7	-3.5%
56th	Dominica	15.1	0.7%
57th	Bulgaria	15.4	0.0%
58th	Grenada	15.7	-3.7%
59th	Tonga	15.8	-3.1%
60th	Latvia	15.9	1.3%
61st	Bahamas, The	16.2	-4.7%
62nd	St. Lucia	16.4	-1.2%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	16.5	-2.9%
64th	Bahrain	16.9	-7.1%
65th	Sri Lanka	16.9	-3.4%
66th	Russian Federation	17.8	0.6%
67th	Fiji	18.5	-3.1%
68th	Serbia	18.6	-6.5%
69th	Mauritius	18.8	2.2%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.8	0.0%
71st	Ukraine	19.1	1.6%
72nd	Uruguay	19.2	-2.5%
73rd	Samoa	20.0	-3.4%
74th	Oman	21.3	-9.0%
75th	Argentina	22.0	-3.9%
76th	Panama	22.3	-1.3%
77th	Romania	22.3	0.0%
78th	Jamaica	22.7	-2.6%
79th	Albania	23.1	-3.7%
80th	Lebanon	23.3	-4.5%
81st	St. Kitts and Nevis	23.5	-1.3%
82nd	Vanuatu	24.3	-2.8%
83rd	Belize	24.8	-5.0%
84th	Thailand	25.1	-4.9%
85th	North Macedonia	25.5	-9.3%
86th	Solomon Islands	25.7	-2.7%
87th	Colombia	26.2	-3.0%
88th	Libya	26.2	-4.0%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	27.0	-4.3%
90th	Jordan	27.2	-3.2%
91st	Palau	27.3	-2.8%
92nd	Trinidad and Tobago	28.1	-1.1%
93rd	Saudi Arabia	29.9	-7.1%
94th	Viet Nam	30.1	-5.6%
95th	Mexico	31.4	-4.6%
96th	Philippines	31.9	-3.9%
97th	Tunisia	32.5	-3.8%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	32.7	-4.1%
99th	Marshall Islands	32.9	-2.1%
100th	Moldova	33.0	4.1%
101st	Paraguay	33.0	-3.2%
102nd	Suriname	33.2	-2.9%
103rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	33.3	-0.3%
104th	Ecuador	34.8	-5.4%
105th	Georgia	36.7	-1.6%
106th	Honduras	37.5	-4.1%
107th	Armenia	37.8	-4.5%
108th	El Salvador	37.9	-5.5%
109th	Micronesia, Federated States of	38.6	-1.8%
110th	Algeria	39.2	-0.8%
111th	China	40.1	-2.9%
112th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.9	-3.8%
113th	Dominican Republic	41.1	-4.0%
114th	Cabo Verde	42.0	0.7%
115th	Iraq	42.1	-1.4%
116th	Tuvalu	42.2	-1.6%
117th	Brazil	42.4	-5.6%
118th	Botswana	42.6	2.7%
119th	Nicaragua	43.3	-5.3%
120th	Kazakhstan	45.3	0.9%
121st	Türkiye	47.3	-6.3%
122nd	South Africa	47.5	-1.5%
123rd	Guyana	47.7	-2.5%
124th	Peru	47.9	-6.3%
125th	Nauru	49.0	-4.7%
126th	Guatemala	51.3	-3.9%
127th	Namibia	51.5	-1.7%
128th	Indonesia	54.2	-4.4%
129th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	56.0	-5.1%
130th	Gabon	56.2	-1.2%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	56.2	-0.4%
132nd	Zimbabwe	56.2	2.7%
133rd	Morocco	56.4	-3.6%
134th	Maldives	56.7	-6.3%
135th	Kiribati	58.9	-3.3%
136th	Eswatini	60.5	3.2%
137th	Uzbekistan	60.9	0.0%
138th	Papua New Guinea	61.1	-1.5%
139th	Congo, Republic of	64.4	3.5%
140th	Mongolia	64.8	-3.3%
141st	São Tomé and Principe	64.9	-1.1%
142nd	Eritrea	67.2	-5.1%
143rd	Turkmenistan	67.8	0.3%
144th	Ghana	68.2	-0.7%
145th	Kosovo	69.6	-6.7%
146th	Kenya	71.4	0.3%
147th	Mauritania	72.7	0.3%
148th	Senegal	74.6	1.4%
149th	Lesotho	75.3	1.2%
150th	Azerbaijan	76.4	-0.4%
151st	India	77.3	-2.0%
152nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	78.1	-3.7%
153rd	Sudan	80.2	-1.4%
154th	Comoros	80.6	-3.7%
155th	Bhutan	81.2	-4.2%
156th	Togo	81.4	-1.3%
157th	Bangladesh	81.5	-4.3%
158th	Madagascar	81.5	-2.7%
159th	Nepal	83.6	-4.8%
160th	Myanmar	84.0	-2.0%
161st	Tajikistan	84.2	1.0%
162nd	Cameroon	85.0	1.3%
163rd	Djibouti	85.5	-0.5%
164th	Haiti	86.7	-3.1%
165th	Gambia, The	88.6	-2.9%
166th	Yemen, Republic of	89.2	-1.7%
167th	Benin	90.1	-2.1%
168th	Cambodia	93.2	1.7%
169th	Burundi	96.3	-4.6%
170th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	99.1	-0.7%
171st	Côte d'Ivoire	99.2	-0.5%
172nd	Uganda	99.7	-1.4%
173rd	Zambia	100.2	-1.3%
174th	Burkina Faso	101.4	-0.6%
175th	Tanzania	102.2	-0.9%
176th	Lao PDR	102.6	-2.6%
177th	Pakistan	104.2	-2.2%
178th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
179th	Nigeria	105.8	-0.1%
180th	Central African Republic	106.3	-0.7%
181st	Chad	110.6	-1.2%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	115.2	-1.8%
183rd	Equatorial Guinea	116.7	-0.4%
184th	Mali	117.1	-1.3%
185th	Malawi	118.2	-2.8%
186th	Guinea	119.6	-3.0%
187th	Angola	123.3	0.2%
188th	Afghanistan	128.3	-2.8%
189th	Niger	133.4	-3.3%
190th	Sierra Leone	133.7	-0.5%
191st	Timor-Leste	138.7	-4.1%
192nd	South Sudan	138.9	-14.9%
193rd	Mozambique	139.1	-2.0%
194th	Liberia	164.5	-2.2%
195th	Rwanda	212.2	91.7%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1994?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1994 was 47.5. This ranked 122nd globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1994?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.5% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1994?▾

Rwanda had the highest infant mortality rate in 1994 at 212.2.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1994?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1994 was 47.5. This ranked 122nd globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 48.2 in 1993 to 47.5 in 1994, a 1.5% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1994. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.3%. View full analysis →

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