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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2008

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2008
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

40.6 −3.2 from 2007 Global rank: 141st

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 40.6 in 2008, decreased +3.2 from 43.8 in 2007. This was the 141st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	2.2	-4.3%
2nd	Singapore	2.3	0.0%
3rd	Japan	2.5	-3.8%
4th	Luxembourg	2.5	-3.8%
5th	Sweden	2.6	-3.7%
6th	Finland	2.7	-3.6%
7th	San Marino	2.8	-6.7%
8th	Norway	2.9	-3.3%
9th	Slovenia	2.9	-6.5%
10th	Czechia	3.0	-6.3%
11th	Cyprus	3.1	-6.1%
12th	France	3.2	0.0%
13th	Portugal	3.2	-3.0%
14th	Spain	3.4	-5.6%
15th	Greece	3.4	-2.9%
16th	Monaco	3.4	-2.9%
17th	Italy	3.5	-2.8%
18th	Germany	3.6	-2.7%
19th	Korea	3.6	-5.3%
20th	Denmark	3.7	-2.6%
21st	Austria	3.8	-2.6%
22nd	Belgium	3.8	-2.6%
23rd	Ireland	3.8	-2.6%
24th	Israel	3.9	-4.9%
25th	Switzerland	4.0	-2.4%
26th	Netherlands	4.0	-2.4%
27th	Estonia	4.3	-8.5%
28th	European Union	4.3	-3.5%
29th	Australia	4.4	-2.2%
30th	Andorra	4.7	-4.1%
31st	United Kingdom	4.8	-2.0%
32nd	Croatia	5.0	-5.7%
33rd	Belarus	5.1	-8.9%
34th	Canada	5.1	0.0%
35th	Cuba	5.1	-1.9%
36th	New Zealand	5.3	0.0%
37th	Hungary	5.5	-5.2%
38th	Poland	5.7	-5.0%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.7	-3.4%
40th	Lithuania	6.0	-7.7%
41st	Malta	6.0	0.0%
42nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.1	-1.6%
43rd	Slovak Republic	6.1	-4.7%
44th	Malaysia	6.5	0.0%
45th	United States	6.5	-1.5%
46th	Serbia	6.9	-2.8%
47th	Montenegro	7.0	-10.3%
48th	United Arab Emirates	7.3	-2.7%
49th	Latvia	7.3	-5.2%
50th	Chile	7.6	0.0%
51st	Bahrain	7.8	-3.7%
52nd	Qatar	7.9	-2.5%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	8.0	1.3%
54th	Russian Federation	9.0	-5.3%
55th	Costa Rica	9.4	-1.1%
56th	Kuwait	9.5	-1.0%
57th	Bulgaria	9.6	-3.0%
58th	Sri Lanka	9.7	-4.9%
59th	Oman	9.8	-1.0%
60th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.0	-2.0%
61st	Uruguay	10.2	-6.4%
62nd	North Macedonia	10.3	-5.5%
63rd	Albania	11.1	-6.7%
64th	Tonga	11.1	-2.6%
65th	Lebanon	11.7	-4.1%
66th	Romania	11.9	-7.8%
67th	Saudi Arabia	12.0	-6.3%
68th	Seychelles	12.4	0.8%
69th	Ukraine	12.5	-3.8%
70th	Barbados	13.1	-0.8%
71st	Thailand	13.1	-3.7%
72nd	Argentina	13.2	-2.9%
73rd	Mauritius	13.2	-1.5%
74th	Grenada	13.3	0.8%
75th	Maldives	13.9	-8.6%
76th	British Virgin Islands	13.9	0.0%
77th	Bahamas, The	14.0	-1.4%
78th	Georgia	14.1	-9.6%
79th	Libya	14.7	-6.4%
80th	China	14.8	-8.1%
81st	Samoa	15.2	0.7%
82nd	Panama	15.6	-3.1%
83rd	Moldova	16.0	-3.0%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.1	-0.6%
85th	St. Lucia	16.1	0.0%
86th	Belize	16.2	-1.8%
87th	Türkiye	16.9	-6.6%
88th	Viet Nam	17.0	-1.7%
89th	Palau	17.1	-2.3%
90th	El Salvador	17.2	-5.0%
91st	Tunisia	17.2	-2.8%
92nd	Colombia	17.3	-2.8%
93rd	Mexico	17.3	-3.4%
94th	Ecuador	17.4	-3.9%
95th	Fiji	17.4	-0.6%
96th	Brazil	17.6	-5.4%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.6	-0.6%
98th	Jamaica	17.9	0.0%
99th	Jordan	18.0	-2.7%
100th	Armenia	18.1	-5.2%
101st	Peru	18.3	-5.2%
102nd	Vanuatu	18.5	-2.6%
103rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	19.2	-6.3%
104th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.0	-0.5%
105th	Kazakhstan	20.4	-8.5%
106th	Nicaragua	20.4	-4.7%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	20.4	-3.3%
108th	Dominica	21.0	3.4%
109th	Kosovo	21.5	-7.7%
110th	Honduras	21.6	-3.6%
111th	Solomon Islands	21.7	-0.9%
112th	Suriname	22.1	-2.2%
113th	Trinidad and Tobago	23.0	-2.1%
114th	Philippines	23.8	-1.2%
115th	Paraguay	23.9	-2.8%
116th	Cabo Verde	24.4	0.4%
117th	Mongolia	24.4	-8.3%
118th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	24.7	-3.5%
119th	Algeria	25.9	-3.7%
120th	São Tomé and Principe	27.3	-7.8%
121st	Nauru	27.5	-4.8%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	27.7	-3.8%
123rd	Tuvalu	29.0	-3.7%
124th	Indonesia	29.3	-3.9%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	29.3	-5.5%
126th	Guatemala	30.4	-3.8%
127th	Dominican Republic	30.8	-0.3%
128th	Micronesia, Federated States of	31.2	-1.0%
129th	Morocco	31.4	-5.1%
130th	Marshall Islands	32.5	-0.9%
131st	Iraq	32.7	-2.4%
132nd	Uzbekistan	33.0	-7.8%
133rd	Tajikistan	33.4	-6.4%
134th	Azerbaijan	33.7	-6.6%
135th	Guyana	35.2	-1.9%
136th	Bhutan	35.9	-6.5%
137th	Turkmenistan	37.2	-3.9%
138th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	38.8	-5.4%
139th	Eritrea	39.8	-2.7%
140th	Bangladesh	40.1	-4.3%
141st	South Africa	40.6	-7.3%
142nd	Gabon	40.7	-2.6%
143rd	Namibia	40.7	6.0%
144th	Kenya	42.4	-5.6%
145th	Kiribati	43.0	-1.1%
146th	Nepal	43.4	-3.8%
147th	Cambodia	43.8	-7.0%
148th	Mauritania	44.8	-4.1%
149th	Senegal	44.9	-4.9%
150th	Congo, Republic of	45.3	-6.4%
151st	Papua New Guinea	48.2	-2.2%
152nd	Madagascar	48.8	-3.2%
153rd	Rwanda	48.8	-7.9%
154th	Botswana	49.0	4.0%
155th	Ghana	49.2	-3.0%
156th	Comoros	49.7	-2.9%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	50.6	-4.7%
158th	India	50.8	-3.8%
159th	Zambia	52.9	-4.5%
160th	Tanzania	53.2	-4.3%
161st	Uganda	55.1	-6.1%
162nd	Gambia, The	55.4	-3.3%
163rd	Togo	56.1	-2.8%
164th	Timor-Leste	56.7	-4.4%
165th	Sudan	57.0	-2.4%
166th	Malawi	57.3	-4.3%
167th	Haiti	57.9	-2.0%
168th	Burundi	61.8	-5.8%
169th	Lao PDR	64.1	-4.2%
170th	Benin	66.4	-2.2%
171st	Mozambique	67.0	-3.9%
172nd	Cameroon	67.9	-2.6%
173rd	Djibouti	68.1	-2.6%
174th	Eswatini	68.5	3.3%
175th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	70.7	-3.5%
176th	Myanmar	70.8	16.4%
177th	Burkina Faso	71.0	-3.9%
178th	Zimbabwe	71.7	0.3%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	73.0	-3.4%
180th	Guinea-Bissau	74.5	-4.5%
181st	Niger	74.5	-3.5%
182nd	Liberia	75.5	-4.1%
183rd	Pakistan	76.3	-1.8%
184th	Guinea	76.4	-1.7%
185th	Nigeria	77.1	-2.4%
186th	Angola	78.7	-6.1%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	80.8	-3.9%
188th	Mali	81.1	-2.5%
189th	Lesotho	83.1	3.6%
190th	Afghanistan	83.3	-3.9%
191st	Central African Republic	83.6	-2.3%
192nd	South Sudan	85.5	-3.9%
193rd	Chad	87.0	-2.2%
194th	Sierra Leone	98.5	-3.8%
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	101.0	-1.8%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2008?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2008 was 40.6. This ranked 141st globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2008?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 7.3% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2008?▾

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest infant mortality rate in 2008 at 101.0.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2008?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2008 was 40.6. This ranked 141st globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 43.8 in 2007 to 40.6 in 2008, a 7.3% decrease.

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