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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2000

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2000
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

46.9 +0.5 from 1999 Global rank: 132nd

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 46.9 in 2000, increased +0.5 from 46.4 in 1999. This was the 132nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.0	-6.3%
2nd	Iceland	3.2	-5.9%
3rd	Japan	3.3	-2.9%
4th	Sweden	3.4	0.0%
5th	Finland	3.5	-2.8%
6th	Luxembourg	3.9	-4.9%
7th	Norway	3.9	-2.5%
8th	France	4.1	-2.4%
9th	Monaco	4.2	-4.5%
10th	Germany	4.4	-2.2%
11th	Spain	4.4	-2.2%
12th	Austria	4.5	-2.2%
13th	Czechia	4.5	-6.3%
14th	Slovenia	4.5	-6.3%
15th	Switzerland	4.7	0.0%
16th	Denmark	4.7	-2.1%
17th	Italy	4.7	-6.0%
18th	Belgium	4.8	-4.0%
19th	San Marino	5.0	-7.4%
20th	Australia	5.1	-1.9%
21st	Netherlands	5.1	-1.9%
22nd	Canada	5.3	0.0%
23rd	United Kingdom	5.5	-1.8%
24th	Greece	5.5	-6.8%
25th	Portugal	5.5	-6.8%
26th	Israel	5.6	-3.4%
27th	Cyprus	5.8	-6.5%
28th	Korea	5.8	-6.5%
29th	European Union	5.9	-4.7%
30th	Ireland	6.0	-1.6%
31st	New Zealand	6.0	-3.2%
32nd	Andorra	6.6	-2.9%
33rd	Malta	6.7	-2.9%
34th	Cuba	6.8	-4.2%
35th	United States	7.1	-1.4%
36th	Croatia	7.2	-4.0%
37th	Malaysia	7.7	-7.2%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.9	-6.0%
39th	Poland	8.1	-6.9%
40th	Slovak Republic	8.1	-3.6%
41st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.3	-6.7%
42nd	Brunei Darussalam	8.3	-3.5%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	8.5	-1.2%
44th	Lithuania	8.6	-3.4%
45th	Hungary	8.7	-4.4%
46th	Estonia	8.8	-7.4%
47th	Chile	9.2	-5.2%
48th	Belarus	9.9	-7.5%
49th	Qatar	10.4	-3.7%
50th	Bahrain	10.5	-5.4%
51st	Kuwait	10.6	-2.8%
52nd	Serbia	10.9	-5.2%
53rd	Costa Rica	11.2	-4.3%
54th	Latvia	11.6	-7.2%
55th	Seychelles	11.8	0.0%
56th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.2	-1.6%
57th	Montenegro	12.7	-3.1%
58th	Barbados	13.0	0.8%
59th	Sri Lanka	13.0	-3.7%
60th	Grenada	13.3	-2.2%
61st	Oman	13.3	-7.0%
62nd	Bahamas, The	13.7	0.0%
63rd	Tonga	13.8	-2.1%
64th	North Macedonia	14.2	-7.8%
65th	Bulgaria	14.3	-4.0%
66th	British Virgin Islands	14.5	-1.4%
67th	Uruguay	14.7	-3.9%
68th	Russian Federation	15.6	-3.7%
69th	St. Lucia	15.9	-0.6%
70th	Samoa	16.4	-3.0%
71st	Dominica	16.6	1.8%
72nd	Fiji	16.6	-0.6%
73rd	Mauritius	16.6	-6.7%
74th	Argentina	16.7	-3.5%
75th	Lebanon	17.6	-4.9%
76th	Ukraine	17.6	-3.8%
77th	Albania	17.9	-4.3%
78th	Romania	18.1	-5.2%
79th	Thailand	18.5	-5.1%
80th	Jamaica	18.9	-3.1%
81st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.5	0.0%
82nd	Belize	19.6	-3.4%
83rd	Saudi Arabia	19.9	-6.1%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.2	-3.3%
85th	Panama	20.3	-2.4%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.8	-3.7%
87th	Vanuatu	21.4	-1.8%
88th	Libya	21.5	-2.7%
89th	Colombia	21.6	-3.1%
90th	Viet Nam	21.7	-4.4%
91st	Palau	22.3	-3.5%
92nd	Jordan	22.9	-2.6%
93rd	Solomon Islands	23.2	-1.3%
94th	Mexico	23.7	-4.8%
95th	Tunisia	23.9	-5.5%
96th	Ecuador	24.1	-5.5%
97th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.1	-1.5%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	26.4	-2.9%
99th	El Salvador	26.5	-5.7%
100th	Philippines	27.3	-1.4%
101st	Suriname	27.3	-3.2%
102nd	Armenia	27.8	-5.1%
103rd	Moldova	27.9	-7.6%
104th	Paraguay	28.7	-2.0%
105th	Brazil	29.1	-6.1%
106th	Cabo Verde	29.4	-9.0%
107th	Georgia	29.4	-5.5%
108th	Honduras	29.6	-3.9%
109th	Peru	29.9	-7.7%
110th	China	30.0	-6.0%
111th	Nicaragua	30.8	-5.5%
112th	Türkiye	30.8	-7.2%
113th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	31.5	-4.8%
114th	Micronesia, Federated States of	33.4	-2.6%
115th	Maldives	33.5	-10.2%
116th	Dominican Republic	33.6	-2.6%
117th	Marshall Islands	33.7	0.9%
118th	Algeria	34.7	-2.8%
119th	Tuvalu	35.8	-3.0%
120th	Kazakhstan	36.0	-6.0%
121st	Nauru	37.5	-4.1%
122nd	Iraq	38.4	-1.5%
123rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	39.6	-5.3%
124th	Guatemala	40.8	-3.5%
125th	Guyana	41.3	-2.4%
126th	Indonesia	41.3	-4.4%
127th	Botswana	42.5	0.2%
128th	Kosovo	43.4	-8.2%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.0	-5.2%
130th	Morocco	45.2	-3.6%
131st	Namibia	45.9	-3.4%
132nd	South Africa	46.9	1.1%
133rd	Mongolia	47.4	-6.7%
134th	Kiribati	49.1	-3.0%
135th	São Tomé and Principe	50.7	-6.1%
136th	Eritrea	50.8	-15.6%
137th	Gabon	50.8	-2.1%
138th	Uzbekistan	55.1	-3.3%
139th	Papua New Guinea	56.0	-1.4%
140th	Turkmenistan	58.3	-4.9%
141st	Zimbabwe	59.3	1.5%
142nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.4	-1.7%
143rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.6	-4.9%
144th	Bangladesh	59.8	-5.5%
145th	Azerbaijan	59.9	-6.4%
146th	Bhutan	60.1	-5.2%
147th	Ghana	61.8	-3.0%
148th	Nepal	61.8	-5.1%
149th	Tajikistan	62.2	-7.2%
150th	Kenya	63.8	-3.3%
151st	Comoros	64.8	-3.4%
152nd	Madagascar	65.5	-4.1%
153rd	India	66.3	-2.8%
154th	Mauritania	67.6	-3.0%
155th	Haiti	70.7	-3.3%
156th	Sudan	70.8	-2.6%
157th	Togo	70.8	-2.7%
158th	Eswatini	73.0	2.1%
159th	Gambia, The	73.2	-3.2%
160th	Congo, Republic of	73.3	-0.8%
161st	Senegal	73.8	-2.8%
162nd	Myanmar	73.9	-2.1%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	75.9	-4.2%
164th	Lesotho	78.0	0.8%
165th	Benin	79.7	-2.1%
166th	Djibouti	80.9	-1.3%
167th	Cameroon	82.8	-1.9%
168th	Timor-Leste	83.9	-35.6%
169th	Tanzania	85.3	-5.1%
170th	Cambodia	86.7	-5.8%
171st	Lao PDR	86.8	-3.0%
172nd	Burundi	88.6	-2.6%
173rd	Pakistan	89.1	-2.5%
174th	Zambia	89.4	-3.4%
175th	Uganda	89.8	-3.4%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	91.2	-2.3%
177th	Côte d'Ivoire	91.4	-1.9%
178th	Burkina Faso	92.4	-1.9%
179th	Guinea	97.0	-3.8%
180th	Nigeria	97.1	-2.4%
181st	Central African Republic	99.8	-1.4%
182nd	Malawi	100.2	-5.0%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	100.3	-2.5%
184th	Chad	102.0	-1.6%
185th	Mali	102.8	-2.9%
186th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
187th	Mozambique	106.1	-5.6%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	106.5	-2.5%
189th	Niger	107.7	-3.2%
190th	Rwanda	107.9	-7.9%
191st	Afghanistan	110.1	-2.6%
192nd	Angola	115.0	-2.2%
193rd	South Sudan	118.5	-3.6%
194th	Sierra Leone	123.4	-1.8%
195th	Liberia	123.9	-6.1%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2000?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2000 was 46.9. This ranked 132nd globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2000?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate increased by 1.1% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2000?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 2000 at 123.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2000?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2000 was 46.9. This ranked 132nd globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 46.4 in 1999 to 46.9 in 2000, a 1.1% increase.

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