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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 1999

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1999
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

46.4 +0.5 from 1998 Global rank: 129th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 46.4 in 1999, increased +0.5 from 45.9 in 1998. This was the 129th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.2	-5.9%
2nd	Iceland	3.4	-5.6%
3rd	Japan	3.4	-5.6%
4th	Sweden	3.4	-2.9%
5th	Finland	3.6	-5.3%
6th	Norway	4.0	-2.4%
7th	Luxembourg	4.1	-6.8%
8th	France	4.2	-4.5%
9th	Monaco	4.4	-2.2%
10th	Germany	4.5	-4.3%
11th	Spain	4.5	-4.3%
12th	Austria	4.6	-4.2%
13th	Switzerland	4.7	-2.1%
14th	Czechia	4.8	-7.7%
15th	Denmark	4.8	0.0%
16th	Slovenia	4.8	-5.9%
17th	Belgium	5.0	-5.7%
18th	Italy	5.0	-5.7%
19th	Australia	5.2	-1.9%
20th	Netherlands	5.2	-1.9%
21st	Canada	5.3	-1.9%
22nd	San Marino	5.4	-6.9%
23rd	United Kingdom	5.6	-1.8%
24th	Israel	5.8	-4.9%
25th	Greece	5.9	-6.3%
26th	Portugal	5.9	-6.3%
27th	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
28th	European Union	6.2	-5.2%
29th	Cyprus	6.2	-6.1%
30th	Korea	6.2	-6.1%
31st	New Zealand	6.2	-3.1%
32nd	Andorra	6.8	-4.2%
33rd	Malta	6.9	-4.2%
34th	Cuba	7.1	-4.1%
35th	United States	7.2	-1.4%
36th	Croatia	7.5	-2.6%
37th	Malaysia	8.3	-6.7%
38th	Slovak Republic	8.4	-4.5%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.4	-4.5%
40th	United Arab Emirates	8.6	-2.3%
41st	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	-2.3%
42nd	Poland	8.7	-8.4%
43rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.9	-7.3%
44th	Lithuania	8.9	-4.3%
45th	Hungary	9.1	-4.2%
46th	Estonia	9.5	-7.8%
47th	Chile	9.7	-3.0%
48th	Belarus	10.7	-6.1%
49th	Qatar	10.8	-3.6%
50th	Kuwait	10.9	-2.7%
51st	Bahrain	11.1	-6.7%
52nd	Serbia	11.5	-6.5%
53rd	Costa Rica	11.7	-3.3%
54th	Seychelles	11.8	0.0%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.4	-1.6%
56th	Latvia	12.5	-6.7%
57th	Barbados	12.9	0.8%
58th	Montenegro	13.1	-1.5%
59th	Sri Lanka	13.5	-4.3%
60th	Grenada	13.6	-2.2%
61st	Bahamas, The	13.7	-1.4%
62nd	Tonga	14.1	-2.8%
63rd	Oman	14.3	-7.1%
64th	British Virgin Islands	14.7	-2.0%
65th	Bulgaria	14.9	-3.2%
66th	Uruguay	15.3	-4.4%
67th	North Macedonia	15.4	-5.5%
68th	St. Lucia	16.0	0.0%
69th	Russian Federation	16.2	-3.6%
70th	Dominica	16.3	1.9%
71st	Fiji	16.7	-1.2%
72nd	Samoa	16.9	-3.4%
73rd	Argentina	17.3	-4.4%
74th	Mauritius	17.8	-6.3%
75th	Ukraine	18.3	-3.2%
76th	Lebanon	18.5	-4.6%
77th	Albania	18.7	-4.6%
78th	Romania	19.1	-5.4%
79th	Jamaica	19.5	-3.0%
80th	Thailand	19.5	-4.9%
81st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.5	0.5%
82nd	Belize	20.3	-3.8%
83rd	Panama	20.8	-1.9%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.9	-3.2%
85th	Saudi Arabia	21.2	-6.2%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	21.6	-4.0%
87th	Vanuatu	21.8	-1.8%
88th	Libya	22.1	-3.1%
89th	Colombia	22.3	-3.0%
90th	Viet Nam	22.7	-5.0%
91st	Palau	23.1	-3.7%
92nd	Jordan	23.5	-2.9%
93rd	Solomon Islands	23.5	-1.3%
94th	Mexico	24.9	-4.6%
95th	Tunisia	25.3	-5.2%
96th	Ecuador	25.5	-5.9%
97th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.5	-1.1%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	27.2	-3.5%
99th	Philippines	27.7	-2.1%
100th	El Salvador	28.1	-5.7%
101st	Suriname	28.2	-3.4%
102nd	Armenia	29.3	-5.2%
103rd	Paraguay	29.3	-2.0%
104th	Moldova	30.2	-5.9%
105th	Honduras	30.8	-25.2%
106th	Brazil	31.0	-6.1%
107th	Georgia	31.1	-4.9%
108th	China	31.9	-5.6%
109th	Cabo Verde	32.3	-9.0%
110th	Peru	32.4	-7.7%
111th	Nicaragua	32.6	-12.6%
112th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.1	-4.6%
113th	Türkiye	33.2	-7.3%
114th	Marshall Islands	33.4	0.9%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	34.3	-2.8%
116th	Dominican Republic	34.5	-2.8%
117th	Algeria	35.7	-2.5%
118th	Tuvalu	36.9	-2.9%
119th	Maldives	37.3	-9.5%
120th	Kazakhstan	38.3	-5.4%
121st	Iraq	39.0	-1.8%
122nd	Nauru	39.1	-4.4%
123rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.8	-5.6%
124th	Guatemala	42.3	-3.6%
125th	Guyana	42.3	-2.3%
126th	Botswana	42.4	1.7%
127th	Indonesia	43.2	-4.4%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	46.4	-4.9%
129th	South Africa	46.4	1.1%
130th	Morocco	46.9	-3.7%
131st	Kosovo	47.3	-8.0%
132nd	Namibia	47.5	-2.5%
133rd	Kiribati	50.6	-3.1%
134th	Mongolia	50.8	-6.1%
135th	Gabon	51.9	-2.1%
136th	São Tomé and Principe	54.0	-5.1%
137th	Papua New Guinea	56.8	-1.4%
138th	Uzbekistan	57.0	-2.6%
139th	Zimbabwe	58.4	0.2%
140th	Eritrea	60.2	9.5%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.4	-1.6%
142nd	Turkmenistan	61.3	-4.2%
143rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	62.7	-4.9%
144th	Bangladesh	63.3	-5.4%
145th	Bhutan	63.4	-5.1%
146th	Ghana	63.7	-2.5%
147th	Azerbaijan	64.0	-5.6%
148th	Nepal	65.1	-5.1%
149th	Kenya	66.0	-2.8%
150th	Tajikistan	67.0	-6.7%
151st	Comoros	67.1	-3.6%
152nd	India	68.2	-2.8%
153rd	Madagascar	68.3	-3.8%
154th	Mauritania	69.7	-2.2%
155th	Eswatini	71.5	2.6%
156th	Sudan	72.7	-2.3%
157th	Togo	72.8	-2.8%
158th	Haiti	73.1	-3.4%
159th	Congo, Republic of	73.9	0.8%
160th	Myanmar	75.5	-2.2%
161st	Gambia, The	75.6	-3.2%
162nd	Senegal	75.9	-1.4%
163rd	Lesotho	77.4	0.9%
164th	Yemen, Republic of	79.2	-3.5%
165th	Benin	81.4	-2.2%
166th	Djibouti	82.0	-1.3%
167th	Cameroon	84.4	-1.3%
168th	Lao PDR	89.5	-2.8%
169th	Tanzania	89.9	-4.2%
170th	Burundi	91.0	-2.2%
171st	Pakistan	91.4	-2.7%
172nd	Cambodia	92.0	-3.0%
173rd	Zambia	92.5	-2.0%
174th	Uganda	93.0	-2.6%
175th	Côte d'Ivoire	93.2	-1.8%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	93.3	-1.8%
177th	Burkina Faso	94.2	-1.9%
178th	Nigeria	99.5	-2.1%
179th	Guinea	100.8	-3.6%
180th	Central African Republic	101.2	-1.3%
181st	Guinea-Bissau	102.9	-2.5%
182nd	Chad	103.7	-1.5%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
184th	Malawi	105.5	-3.3%
185th	Mali	105.9	-2.6%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	109.2	-2.2%
187th	Niger	111.3	-3.2%
188th	Mozambique	112.4	-5.4%
189th	Afghanistan	113.0	-2.5%
190th	Rwanda	117.2	-5.7%
191st	Angola	117.6	-1.8%
192nd	South Sudan	122.9	-47.6%
193rd	Sierra Leone	125.7	-1.6%
194th	Timor-Leste	130.3	3.2%
195th	Liberia	131.9	-5.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1999?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 1999 was 46.4. This ranked 129th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 1999?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate increased by 1.1% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1999?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1999 at 131.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1999?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 1999 was 46.4. This ranked 129th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 45.9 in 1998 to 46.4 in 1999, a 1.1% increase.

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