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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1995

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1995
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

46.7 −0.8 from 1994 Global rank: 123rd

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 46.7 in 1995, decreased +0.8 from 47.5 in 1994. This was the 123rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1995▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1995
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	4.0	-4.8%
2nd	Sweden	4.0	-9.1%
3rd	Japan	4.1	-4.7%
4th	Iceland	4.2	-4.5%
5th	Finland	4.3	-4.4%
6th	Norway	4.6	-6.1%
7th	Monaco	5.1	-3.8%
8th	Switzerland	5.2	-5.5%
9th	Germany	5.3	-3.6%
10th	France	5.3	-7.0%
11th	Luxembourg	5.3	-7.0%
12th	Denmark	5.4	-5.3%
13th	Spain	5.5	-6.8%
14th	Austria	5.7	-6.6%
15th	Netherlands	5.7	-3.4%
16th	Australia	5.8	-3.3%
17th	Canada	5.8	-3.3%
18th	United Kingdom	6.1	-3.2%
19th	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
20th	Slovenia	6.2	-6.1%
21st	Belgium	6.4	-5.9%
22nd	Italy	6.4	-5.9%
23rd	Czechia	7.1	-10.1%
24th	New Zealand	7.1	-4.1%
25th	Israel	7.2	-5.3%
26th	Greece	7.4	-3.9%
27th	San Marino	7.4	-7.5%
28th	Portugal	7.5	-7.4%
29th	European Union	7.8	-5.9%
30th	Andorra	7.9	-3.7%
31st	United States	7.9	-3.7%
32nd	Cyprus	8.0	-5.9%
33rd	Korea	8.1	-8.0%
34th	Malta	8.2	-4.7%
35th	Cuba	8.5	-4.5%
36th	Croatia	8.6	-4.4%
37th	United Arab Emirates	9.5	-3.1%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	9.7	-3.0%
39th	Slovak Republic	10.1	-4.7%
40th	Malaysia	10.2	-3.8%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.5	-6.2%
42nd	Hungary	10.9	-6.0%
43rd	Chile	11.0	-5.2%
44th	Lithuania	12.0	-10.4%
45th	Seychelles	12.0	-0.8%
46th	Kuwait	12.2	-1.6%
47th	Belarus	12.4	0.0%
48th	Estonia	12.5	-3.8%
49th	Poland	12.5	-6.0%
50th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.6	2.4%
51st	Costa Rica	12.7	-1.6%
52nd	Qatar	12.8	-5.2%
53rd	Barbados	13.4	-2.2%
54th	Montenegro	13.5	0.0%
55th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.0	13.8%
56th	Grenada	15.1	-3.8%
57th	Dominica	15.3	1.3%
58th	Tonga	15.4	-2.5%
59th	Bulgaria	15.5	0.6%
60th	Bahamas, The	15.5	-4.3%
61st	Bahrain	15.6	-7.7%
62nd	Latvia	15.8	-0.6%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	16.0	-3.0%
64th	St. Lucia	16.3	-0.6%
65th	Sri Lanka	16.3	-3.6%
66th	Serbia	16.9	-9.1%
67th	Russian Federation	17.7	-0.6%
68th	Fiji	18.0	-2.7%
69th	Uruguay	18.5	-3.6%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.9	0.5%
71st	Mauritius	19.4	3.2%
72nd	Ukraine	19.4	1.6%
73rd	Samoa	19.4	-3.0%
74th	Oman	19.5	-8.5%
75th	Argentina	20.9	-5.0%
76th	North Macedonia	21.9	-14.1%
77th	Panama	22.0	-1.3%
78th	Jamaica	22.1	-2.6%
79th	Albania	22.2	-3.9%
80th	Romania	22.2	-0.4%
81st	Lebanon	22.3	-4.3%
82nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	23.1	-1.7%
83rd	Belize	23.7	-4.4%
84th	Vanuatu	23.7	-2.5%
85th	Thailand	23.8	-5.2%
86th	Solomon Islands	25.1	-2.3%
87th	Libya	25.2	-3.8%
88th	Colombia	25.3	-3.4%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.8	-4.4%
90th	Jordan	26.4	-2.9%
91st	Palau	26.5	-2.9%
92nd	Saudi Arabia	27.8	-7.0%
93rd	Trinidad and Tobago	27.8	-1.1%
94th	Viet Nam	28.4	-5.6%
95th	Mexico	30.0	-4.5%
96th	Philippines	30.8	-3.4%
97th	Tunisia	31.1	-4.3%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	31.5	-3.7%
99th	Paraguay	32.1	-2.7%
100th	Suriname	32.1	-3.3%
101st	Marshall Islands	32.6	-0.9%
102nd	Ecuador	32.7	-6.0%
103rd	Moldova	33.8	2.4%
104th	El Salvador	35.7	-5.8%
105th	Armenia	35.9	-5.0%
106th	Georgia	36.1	-1.6%
107th	Honduras	36.1	-3.7%
108th	Micronesia, Federated States of	38.0	-1.6%
109th	China	38.7	-3.5%
110th	Algeria	38.8	-1.0%
111th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	39.3	-3.9%
112th	Dominican Republic	39.5	-3.9%
113th	Brazil	39.8	-6.1%
114th	Nicaragua	41.0	-5.3%
115th	Botswana	41.3	-3.1%
116th	Tuvalu	41.3	-2.1%
117th	Iraq	41.5	-1.4%
118th	Cabo Verde	41.8	-0.5%
119th	Türkiye	44.2	-6.6%
120th	Peru	44.6	-6.9%
121st	Kazakhstan	45.0	-0.7%
122nd	Guyana	46.5	-2.5%
123rd	South Africa	46.7	-1.7%
124th	Nauru	46.8	-4.5%
125th	Guatemala	49.3	-3.9%
126th	Namibia	50.8	-1.4%
127th	Indonesia	51.8	-4.4%
128th	Maldives	52.8	-6.9%
129th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	52.9	-5.5%
130th	Morocco	54.4	-3.5%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	55.2	-1.8%
132nd	Gabon	55.6	-1.1%
133rd	Kiribati	57.1	-3.1%
134th	Zimbabwe	57.9	3.0%
135th	Papua New Guinea	60.2	-1.5%
136th	Uzbekistan	60.7	-0.3%
137th	Mongolia	62.5	-3.5%
138th	Eswatini	62.6	3.5%
139th	São Tomé and Principe	63.6	-2.0%
140th	Eritrea	63.7	-5.2%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	64.3	93.1%
142nd	Kosovo	64.9	-6.8%
143rd	Congo, Republic of	66.9	3.9%
144th	Turkmenistan	67.7	-0.1%
145th	Ghana	67.8	-0.6%
146th	Kenya	71.0	-0.6%
147th	Mauritania	72.8	0.1%
148th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	75.1	-3.8%
149th	Azerbaijan	75.5	-1.2%
150th	India	75.6	-2.2%
151st	Senegal	75.6	1.3%
152nd	Lesotho	75.9	0.8%
153rd	Bhutan	77.6	-4.4%
154th	Comoros	77.6	-3.7%
155th	Bangladesh	77.8	-4.5%
156th	Sudan	78.9	-1.6%
157th	Madagascar	79.1	-2.9%
158th	Nepal	79.7	-4.7%
159th	Togo	80.1	-1.6%
160th	Myanmar	82.3	-2.0%
161st	Tajikistan	83.0	-1.4%
162nd	Haiti	83.8	-3.3%
163rd	Djibouti	85.0	-0.6%
164th	Cameroon	85.8	0.9%
165th	Gambia, The	86.0	-2.9%
166th	Yemen, Republic of	87.9	-1.5%
167th	Benin	88.3	-2.0%
168th	Cambodia	94.8	1.7%
169th	Burundi	96.3	0.0%
170th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	98.3	-0.8%
171st	Côte d'Ivoire	98.4	-0.8%
172nd	Zambia	98.6	-1.6%
173rd	Uganda	98.8	-0.9%
174th	Lao PDR	99.9	-2.6%
175th	Burkina Faso	100.6	-0.8%
176th	Tanzania	101.0	-1.2%
177th	Pakistan	101.7	-2.4%
178th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
179th	Nigeria	105.4	-0.4%
180th	Central African Republic	105.6	-0.7%
181st	Chad	109.4	-1.1%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	112.9	-2.0%
183rd	Malawi	115.1	-2.6%
184th	Mali	115.4	-1.5%
185th	Guinea	115.8	-3.2%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	115.9	-0.7%
187th	Angola	123.2	-0.1%
188th	Afghanistan	124.8	-2.7%
189th	Rwanda	125.7	-40.8%
190th	Niger	128.4	-3.7%
191st	Sierra Leone	132.7	-0.7%
192nd	Mozambique	135.3	-2.7%
193rd	Timor-Leste	137.9	-0.6%
194th	South Sudan	147.1	5.9%
195th	Liberia	159.4	-3.1%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1995?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1995 was 46.7. This ranked 123rd globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1995?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.7% in 1995 compared to 1994.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1995?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1995 at 159.4.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1995?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1995 was 46.7. This ranked 123rd globally.

How does 1995 compare to 1994 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 47.5 in 1994 to 46.7 in 1995, a 1.7% decrease.

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