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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2003

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2003
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

48.6 +0.6 from 2002 Global rank: 141st

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 48.6 in 2003, increased +0.6 from 48.0 in 2002. This was the 141st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.5	-7.4%
2nd	Iceland	2.7	-3.6%
3rd	Japan	2.9	-3.3%
4th	Finland	3.2	-3.0%
5th	Sweden	3.2	-3.0%
6th	Luxembourg	3.3	-5.7%
7th	France	3.6	-5.3%
8th	Norway	3.6	-2.7%
9th	Monaco	3.8	-5.0%
10th	Czechia	3.9	-4.9%
11th	Slovenia	3.9	-4.9%
12th	San Marino	4.0	-7.0%
13th	Germany	4.1	-2.4%
14th	Spain	4.1	0.0%
15th	Italy	4.1	-4.7%
16th	Austria	4.3	-2.3%
17th	Portugal	4.3	-8.5%
18th	Belgium	4.4	-2.2%
19th	Denmark	4.4	-2.2%
20th	Greece	4.4	-8.3%
21st	Switzerland	4.5	0.0%
22nd	Cyprus	4.6	-8.0%
23rd	Netherlands	4.8	-2.0%
24th	Australia	4.9	0.0%
25th	Israel	4.9	-3.9%
26th	Korea	5.0	-5.7%
27th	Ireland	5.1	-7.3%
28th	European Union	5.3	-3.3%
29th	Canada	5.3	0.0%
30th	United Kingdom	5.3	-1.9%
31st	New Zealand	5.7	-1.7%
32nd	Andorra	5.8	-4.9%
33rd	Cuba	6.0	-4.8%
34th	Malta	6.2	-1.6%
35th	Croatia	6.6	0.0%
36th	Malaysia	6.7	-2.9%
37th	Estonia	6.8	-8.1%
38th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.9	-5.5%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.9	-4.2%
40th	United States	6.9	-1.4%
41st	Poland	7.0	-4.1%
42nd	Hungary	7.2	-5.3%
43rd	Slovak Republic	7.3	-2.7%
44th	Lithuania	7.7	-2.5%
45th	Belarus	7.8	-8.2%
46th	Brunei Darussalam	7.9	-1.3%
47th	United Arab Emirates	8.0	-2.4%
48th	Chile	8.0	-2.4%
49th	Serbia	9.1	-8.1%
50th	Qatar	9.3	-3.1%
51st	Bahrain	9.4	-3.1%
52nd	Latvia	9.7	-5.8%
53rd	Costa Rica	10.1	-2.9%
54th	Kuwait	10.2	-1.0%
55th	Montenegro	10.8	-6.1%
56th	Oman	11.2	-5.1%
57th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.3	-2.6%
58th	Seychelles	12.0	0.8%
59th	Sri Lanka	12.1	-2.4%
60th	Bulgaria	12.5	-5.3%
61st	North Macedonia	12.7	0.0%
62nd	Tonga	12.7	-3.1%
63rd	Grenada	12.9	-0.8%
64th	Russian Federation	12.9	-6.5%
65th	Barbados	13.4	0.8%
66th	Uruguay	13.6	-2.9%
67th	Mauritius	14.1	-3.4%
68th	British Virgin Islands	14.1	-0.7%
69th	Bahamas, The	14.3	1.4%
70th	Lebanon	14.9	-5.1%
71st	Albania	15.3	-5.0%
72nd	Ukraine	15.3	-4.4%
73rd	Samoa	15.3	-1.3%
74th	Argentina	15.4	-2.5%
75th	St. Lucia	15.9	0.0%
76th	Thailand	16.1	-4.7%
77th	Saudi Arabia	16.5	-6.3%
78th	Fiji	16.8	0.6%
79th	Romania	16.9	-0.6%
80th	Belize	17.9	-2.7%
81st	St. Kitts and Nevis	17.9	-3.8%
82nd	Dominica	18.0	2.9%
83rd	Jamaica	18.0	-1.1%
84th	Panama	18.4	-3.2%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.9	-3.1%
86th	Viet Nam	19.2	-3.5%
87th	Libya	19.6	-3.4%
88th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.8	0.5%
89th	Colombia	19.9	-2.5%
90th	Palau	20.1	-3.4%
91st	Vanuatu	20.4	-1.9%
92nd	Tunisia	20.5	-4.7%
93rd	Mexico	20.8	-4.1%
94th	Jordan	20.9	-3.2%
95th	Moldova	21.0	-8.7%
96th	Ecuador	21.1	-3.7%
97th	El Salvador	22.4	-5.5%
98th	Solomon Islands	22.6	-0.9%
99th	Georgia	23.3	-8.3%
100th	Maldives	23.4	-11.7%
101st	China	23.5	-8.2%
102nd	Armenia	23.7	-5.2%
103rd	Brazil	23.9	-6.3%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	24.0	-3.2%
105th	Peru	24.1	-6.6%
106th	Cabo Verde	24.3	-4.0%
107th	Türkiye	24.6	-7.2%
108th	Suriname	25.0	-2.7%
109th	Trinidad and Tobago	25.0	-1.6%
110th	Philippines	25.9	-1.9%
111th	Honduras	26.2	-4.0%
112th	Nicaragua	26.2	-5.1%
113th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	26.4	-6.0%
114th	Paraguay	27.0	-2.2%
115th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	27.3	-52.7%
116th	Kazakhstan	29.7	-6.3%
117th	Algeria	31.3	-3.4%
118th	Dominican Republic	31.8	-1.5%
119th	Micronesia, Federated States of	31.8	-6.2%
120th	Kosovo	33.1	-8.8%
121st	Nauru	33.4	-3.7%
122nd	Tuvalu	33.6	-2.0%
123rd	Marshall Islands	33.7	-0.3%
124th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	34.0	-4.8%
125th	Indonesia	36.1	-4.2%
126th	Iraq	36.4	-1.6%
127th	Guatemala	36.6	-3.4%
128th	Mongolia	37.4	-7.9%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	37.5	-5.1%
130th	Guyana	38.7	-2.0%
131st	Morocco	40.2	-4.1%
132nd	São Tomé and Principe	41.0	-7.2%
133rd	Namibia	42.6	-2.1%
134th	Botswana	43.3	2.1%
135th	Kiribati	45.6	-1.9%
136th	Eritrea	46.0	-3.2%
137th	Gabon	46.9	-2.9%
138th	Uzbekistan	47.6	-5.4%
139th	Azerbaijan	47.9	-7.4%
140th	Turkmenistan	48.6	-6.0%
141st	South Africa	48.6	1.3%
142nd	Tajikistan	48.7	-8.1%
143rd	Bhutan	50.3	-6.0%
144th	Bangladesh	50.9	-5.0%
145th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.9	-5.2%
146th	Nepal	53.3	-4.7%
147th	Papua New Guinea	53.4	-1.7%
148th	Kenya	55.5	-4.8%
149th	Ghana	56.3	-2.9%
150th	Madagascar	58.3	-3.8%
151st	Mauritania	58.4	-5.5%
152nd	Comoros	58.5	-3.3%
153rd	India	60.5	-3.0%
154th	Zimbabwe	61.0	4.6%
155th	Senegal	61.8	-6.6%
156th	Haiti	64.7	-2.7%
157th	Togo	64.7	-3.0%
158th	Congo, Republic of	64.8	-5.5%
159th	Cambodia	65.0	-9.5%
160th	Sudan	65.0	-2.8%
161st	Yemen, Republic of	65.2	-5.0%
162nd	Gambia, The	66.1	-3.4%
163rd	Myanmar	68.8	-2.4%
164th	Tanzania	70.7	-6.2%
165th	Timor-Leste	72.2	-5.0%
166th	Zambia	72.9	-7.5%
167th	Benin	74.2	-2.4%
168th	Eswatini	75.9	0.9%
169th	Djibouti	76.4	-2.1%
170th	Uganda	76.6	-5.9%
171st	Cameroon	76.9	-2.4%
172nd	Malawi	77.2	-9.3%
173rd	Lao PDR	78.4	-3.6%
174th	Lesotho	79.2	0.9%
175th	Rwanda	79.5	-10.0%
176th	Burundi	80.4	-3.5%
177th	Pakistan	83.4	-1.9%
178th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	84.0	-2.9%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	85.1	-2.5%
180th	Burkina Faso	85.9	-2.7%
181st	Guinea	86.6	-3.5%
182nd	Nigeria	89.1	-3.0%
183rd	Mozambique	89.5	-5.3%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	91.5	-3.2%
185th	Mali	93.4	-3.2%
186th	Niger	94.1	-4.9%
187th	Central African Republic	94.7	-1.9%
188th	Chad	96.6	-1.9%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	97.2	-3.2%
190th	Afghanistan	100.6	-3.1%
191st	Liberia	100.8	-6.8%
192nd	Angola	104.0	-3.8%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
194th	South Sudan	105.1	-4.1%
195th	Sierra Leone	115.4	-2.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2003?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2003 was 48.6. This ranked 141st globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2003?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate increased by 1.3% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2003?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest infant mortality rate in 2003 at 115.4.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2003?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2003 was 48.6. This ranked 141st globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 48.0 in 2002 to 48.6 in 2003, a 1.3% increase.

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