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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2005

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2005
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

47.9 −1.1 from 2004 Global rank: 145th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 47.9 in 2005, decreased +1.1 from 49.0 in 2004. This was the 145th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.3	-4.2%
2nd	Iceland	2.4	-7.7%
3rd	Japan	2.7	-3.6%
4th	Luxembourg	2.9	-6.5%
5th	Finland	3.0	-3.2%
6th	Sweden	3.0	-3.2%
7th	Norway	3.3	-2.9%
8th	France	3.4	-2.9%
9th	Czechia	3.5	-5.4%
10th	San Marino	3.5	-5.4%
11th	Slovenia	3.5	-5.4%
12th	Monaco	3.7	0.0%
13th	Portugal	3.7	-5.1%
14th	Spain	3.8	-2.6%
15th	Italy	3.8	-2.6%
16th	Cyprus	3.9	-9.3%
17th	Germany	3.9	-2.5%
18th	Greece	3.9	-4.9%
19th	Austria	4.1	-2.4%
20th	Belgium	4.1	-2.4%
21st	Denmark	4.1	-2.4%
22nd	Switzerland	4.3	-2.3%
23rd	Ireland	4.4	-6.4%
24th	Korea	4.4	-6.4%
25th	Netherlands	4.4	-4.3%
26th	Israel	4.5	-4.3%
27th	Australia	4.8	0.0%
28th	European Union	4.9	-3.4%
29th	United Kingdom	5.1	-1.9%
30th	Canada	5.2	-1.9%
31st	Andorra	5.4	-3.6%
32nd	New Zealand	5.5	0.0%
33rd	Cuba	5.6	-3.4%
34th	Estonia	5.6	-9.7%
35th	Croatia	5.8	-4.9%
36th	Malta	6.1	0.0%
37th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.3	-4.5%
38th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.4	-3.0%
39th	Hungary	6.4	-5.9%
40th	Malaysia	6.5	-1.5%
41st	Poland	6.5	-3.0%
42nd	Belarus	6.7	-6.9%
43rd	United States	6.8	0.0%
44th	Slovak Republic	6.9	-2.8%
45th	Lithuania	7.3	-2.7%
46th	United Arab Emirates	7.7	-2.5%
47th	Chile	7.7	-2.5%
48th	Brunei Darussalam	7.8	0.0%
49th	Serbia	7.8	-7.1%
50th	Latvia	8.6	-6.5%
51st	Qatar	8.7	-3.3%
52nd	Bahrain	8.8	-3.3%
53rd	Montenegro	9.3	-7.9%
54th	Costa Rica	9.7	-2.0%
55th	Kuwait	9.9	-1.0%
56th	Oman	10.4	-3.7%
57th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.8	-1.8%
58th	Bulgaria	11.0	-6.8%
59th	Russian Federation	11.0	-7.6%
60th	Sri Lanka	11.2	-32.9%
61st	Tonga	12.0	-3.2%
62nd	Seychelles	12.1	0.8%
63rd	North Macedonia	12.2	-3.2%
64th	Uruguay	12.4	-5.3%
65th	Grenada	13.0	0.8%
66th	Lebanon	13.4	-5.0%
67th	Albania	13.5	-6.3%
68th	Barbados	13.5	0.0%
69th	Mauritius	13.6	-1.4%
70th	British Virgin Islands	13.9	-0.7%
71st	Ukraine	14.0	-4.1%
72nd	Argentina	14.4	-3.4%
73rd	Bahamas, The	14.5	0.7%
74th	Saudi Arabia	14.6	-5.8%
75th	Thailand	14.8	-3.9%
76th	Samoa	15.0	-0.7%
77th	Romania	15.5	-6.1%
78th	St. Lucia	16.0	0.0%
79th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.8	-2.9%
80th	Belize	17.1	-2.3%
81st	Panama	17.2	-3.4%
82nd	Fiji	17.3	1.2%
83rd	Jamaica	17.8	-0.6%
84th	Libya	17.9	-4.8%
85th	Moldova	18.0	-6.7%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.1	-2.2%
87th	Viet Nam	18.1	-2.7%
88th	Maldives	18.6	-14.7%
89th	Palau	18.6	-3.6%
90th	Colombia	18.8	-2.6%
91st	Tunisia	18.9	-3.6%
92nd	Dominica	19.0	2.7%
93rd	Georgia	19.2	-9.4%
94th	Mexico	19.2	-4.0%
95th	China	19.4	-8.9%
96th	Ecuador	19.5	-3.9%
97th	Jordan	19.7	-3.0%
98th	Vanuatu	19.8	-1.5%
99th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.0	0.5%
100th	El Salvador	20.1	-5.2%
101st	Brazil	21.0	-6.2%
102nd	Türkiye	21.1	-7.5%
103rd	Armenia	21.3	-5.3%
104th	Peru	21.4	-5.7%
105th	Solomon Islands	22.3	-0.9%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	22.6	-3.0%
107th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.3	-6.0%
108th	Nicaragua	23.6	-5.2%
109th	Suriname	23.7	-2.5%
110th	Cabo Verde	23.9	0.0%
111th	Honduras	24.1	-4.0%
112th	Trinidad and Tobago	24.3	-1.6%
113th	Philippines	25.0	-2.0%
114th	Paraguay	25.8	-2.3%
115th	Kazakhstan	26.0	-6.8%
116th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	26.3	-1.9%
117th	Kosovo	27.7	-8.6%
118th	Algeria	29.0	-3.7%
119th	Dominican Republic	31.2	-1.0%
120th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	31.2	-4.3%
121st	Nauru	31.2	-3.4%
122nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	31.5	-0.3%
123rd	Mongolia	31.5	-8.4%
124th	Tuvalu	32.1	-2.4%
125th	Indonesia	33.2	-9.5%
126th	Marshall Islands	33.3	-0.6%
127th	Guatemala	34.0	-3.7%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	34.1	-4.5%
129th	São Tomé and Principe	34.9	-7.7%
130th	Iraq	35.0	-2.0%
131st	Morocco	36.7	-4.7%
132nd	Guyana	37.2	-1.8%
133rd	Namibia	38.4	-7.5%
134th	Azerbaijan	41.4	-7.0%
135th	Tajikistan	41.4	-7.6%
136th	Uzbekistan	41.7	-6.7%
137th	Botswana	43.0	-3.4%
138th	Turkmenistan	43.0	-5.9%
139th	Eritrea	43.3	-2.9%
140th	Bhutan	44.1	-6.6%
141st	Gabon	44.4	-2.6%
142nd	Kiribati	44.4	-1.1%
143rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	45.7	-5.2%
144th	Bangladesh	46.0	-5.0%
145th	South Africa	47.9	-2.2%
146th	Nepal	48.8	-4.1%
147th	Kenya	49.4	-5.9%
148th	Papua New Guinea	51.4	-1.9%
149th	Mauritania	51.8	-5.8%
150th	Ghana	53.4	-2.6%
151st	Senegal	53.5	-7.0%
152nd	Madagascar	54.2	-3.6%
153rd	Cambodia	54.5	-8.1%
154th	Comoros	54.6	-3.4%
155th	Congo, Republic of	56.3	-7.1%
156th	India	56.7	-3.2%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	58.7	-5.2%
158th	Togo	61.0	-2.9%
159th	Zambia	61.2	-8.2%
160th	Gambia, The	61.6	-3.4%
161st	Haiti	61.7	-2.2%
162nd	Tanzania	62.3	-6.2%
163rd	Rwanda	63.9	-10.1%
164th	Myanmar	65.0	-2.8%
165th	Malawi	65.1	-7.3%
166th	Timor-Leste	65.3	-4.9%
167th	Zimbabwe	66.6	3.7%
168th	Sudan	66.8	-2.1%
169th	Uganda	67.0	-6.6%
170th	Benin	70.9	-2.2%
171st	Lao PDR	72.7	-3.8%
172nd	Cameroon	73.3	-2.1%
173rd	Djibouti	73.3	-2.1%
174th	Burundi	73.4	-4.8%
175th	Eswatini	74.7	-1.3%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	78.6	-3.3%
177th	Côte d'Ivoire	80.2	-3.1%
178th	Mozambique	80.2	-5.2%
179th	Burkina Faso	80.3	-3.5%
180th	Pakistan	80.4	-1.7%
181st	Guinea	81.4	-2.9%
182nd	Lesotho	81.4	1.5%
183rd	Nigeria	83.7	-3.1%
184th	Niger	84.8	-5.0%
185th	Guinea-Bissau	85.0	-3.7%
186th	Mali	87.8	-3.0%
187th	Liberia	87.9	-6.4%
188th	Central African Republic	90.5	-2.3%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	90.6	-3.5%
190th	Chad	93.0	-1.9%
191st	Afghanistan	93.7	-3.6%
192nd	Angola	94.4	-4.9%
193rd	South Sudan	96.6	-4.2%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.2	-0.1%
195th	Sierra Leone	109.3	-2.8%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2005?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2005 was 47.9. This ranked 145th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2005?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.2% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2005?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest infant mortality rate in 2005 at 109.3.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2005?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2005 was 47.9. This ranked 145th globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 49.0 in 2004 to 47.9 in 2005, a 2.2% decrease.

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