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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2012

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2012
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

33.0 −0.9 from 2011 Global rank: 139th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 33.0 in 2012, decreased +0.9 from 33.9 in 2011. This was the 139th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
2nd	Finland	2.2	-4.3%
3rd	Japan	2.2	-4.3%
4th	Singapore	2.2	0.0%
5th	Luxembourg	2.3	0.0%
6th	San Marino	2.3	-4.2%
7th	Norway	2.4	-7.7%
8th	Slovenia	2.4	-4.0%
9th	Sweden	2.4	-4.0%
10th	Cyprus	2.5	-3.8%
11th	Czechia	2.6	0.0%
12th	Spain	2.9	-3.3%
13th	Estonia	3.0	-9.1%
14th	Portugal	3.0	0.0%
15th	France	3.1	0.0%
16th	Korea	3.1	-3.1%
17th	Monaco	3.1	-3.1%
18th	Italy	3.2	-3.0%
19th	Austria	3.4	-2.9%
20th	Germany	3.4	0.0%
21st	Greece	3.4	0.0%
22nd	Ireland	3.4	-2.9%
23rd	Israel	3.4	-2.9%
24th	Belgium	3.5	-2.8%
25th	Denmark	3.5	0.0%
26th	Australia	3.6	-5.3%
27th	Netherlands	3.6	-2.7%
28th	Belarus	3.7	-5.1%
29th	European Union	3.8	-2.5%
30th	Switzerland	3.8	-2.6%
31st	Andorra	3.9	-4.9%
32nd	United Kingdom	4.1	-4.7%
33rd	Lithuania	4.3	-4.4%
34th	Croatia	4.4	-2.2%
35th	Montenegro	4.6	-9.8%
36th	Poland	4.7	-4.1%
37th	Canada	4.8	-2.0%
38th	Cuba	4.8	0.0%
39th	Hungary	4.8	-4.0%
40th	New Zealand	5.0	-2.0%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.2	-1.9%
42nd	Slovak Republic	5.4	-1.8%
43rd	Latvia	5.5	-8.3%
44th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
45th	Malta	6.0	0.0%
46th	United States	6.0	-1.6%
47th	Serbia	6.1	-4.7%
48th	Malaysia	6.5	0.0%
49th	Bahrain	6.6	-2.9%
50th	United Arab Emirates	6.7	-1.5%
51st	Qatar	7.1	-2.7%
52nd	Chile	7.2	-2.7%
53rd	Russian Federation	7.9	-2.5%
54th	Bulgaria	8.3	-4.6%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	8.3	1.2%
56th	Albania	8.5	-5.6%
57th	Costa Rica	8.5	-3.4%
58th	Kuwait	8.5	-3.4%
59th	Sri Lanka	8.5	-4.5%
60th	Uruguay	8.5	-3.4%
61st	North Macedonia	9.0	1.1%
62nd	Antigua and Barbuda	9.1	-2.2%
63rd	Saudi Arabia	9.1	-6.2%
64th	Oman	9.3	-1.1%
65th	Romania	9.5	-5.0%
66th	Georgia	10.1	-6.5%
67th	Tonga	10.2	-1.9%
68th	Ukraine	10.3	-4.6%
69th	Maldives	10.4	-6.3%
70th	China	10.5	-8.7%
71st	Lebanon	10.9	-0.9%
72nd	Thailand	11.3	-3.4%
73rd	Argentina	11.4	-4.2%
74th	Libya	11.9	-14.4%
75th	Barbados	12.4	-0.8%
76th	Bahamas, The	12.8	-2.3%
77th	Seychelles	12.8	0.8%
78th	Türkiye	12.9	-6.5%
79th	Mauritius	13.2	0.8%
80th	Kazakhstan	13.3	-10.7%
81st	British Virgin Islands	14.0	0.0%
82nd	Panama	14.1	-1.4%
83rd	El Salvador	14.3	-4.0%
84th	Ecuador	14.6	-4.6%
85th	Grenada	14.6	2.8%
86th	Belize	14.7	-2.6%
87th	Armenia	14.8	-5.1%
88th	Brazil	14.8	-3.3%
89th	Moldova	14.8	-2.0%
90th	Samoa	15.1	-0.7%
91st	Mexico	15.2	-3.2%
92nd	Colombia	15.3	-3.2%
93rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.7	-4.3%
94th	Peru	15.7	-3.1%
95th	St. Lucia	15.9	-0.6%
96th	Kosovo	15.9	-6.5%
97th	Fiji	16.1	-1.8%
98th	Jordan	16.2	-2.4%
99th	Viet Nam	16.2	-0.6%
100th	Tunisia	16.3	-1.2%
101st	Vanuatu	16.3	-3.0%
102nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.5	1.2%
103rd	Nicaragua	16.8	-4.5%
104th	Palau	16.8	1.2%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	17.7	-3.8%
106th	Jamaica	17.8	-0.6%
107th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	17.9	-3.8%
108th	Mongolia	18.2	-6.2%
109th	Honduras	19.0	-3.1%
110th	São Tomé and Principe	19.7	-7.9%
111th	Suriname	20.3	-1.9%
112th	Solomon Islands	20.5	-1.4%
113th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	20.6	-5.1%
114th	Nauru	21.0	-7.5%
115th	Paraguay	21.4	-2.7%
116th	Trinidad and Tobago	21.5	-1.8%
117th	Cabo Verde	21.8	-4.8%
118th	Philippines	22.6	-0.9%
119th	Kyrgyz Republic	22.7	-5.4%
120th	Algeria	23.2	-2.5%
121st	Uzbekistan	23.5	-8.2%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.7	-3.7%
123rd	Syrian Arab Republic	23.7	26.1%
124th	Dominica	24.1	3.4%
125th	Tuvalu	24.7	-3.9%
126th	Indonesia	25.1	-3.8%
127th	Morocco	25.3	-5.2%
128th	Azerbaijan	25.7	-6.5%
129th	Guatemala	26.1	-3.7%
130th	Tajikistan	27.2	-4.2%
131st	Bhutan	27.9	-5.4%
132nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	28.9	-2.7%
133rd	Iraq	29.2	-3.0%
134th	Dominican Republic	30.8	0.0%
135th	Marshall Islands	31.2	-1.6%
136th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	31.5	-5.1%
137th	Guyana	32.7	-1.8%
138th	Cambodia	32.8	-6.6%
139th	South Africa	33.0	-2.7%
140th	Turkmenistan	33.9	-1.2%
141st	Bangladesh	34.1	-3.7%
142nd	Eritrea	35.5	-2.7%
143rd	Gabon	36.4	-2.9%
144th	Nepal	37.1	-4.1%
145th	Rwanda	37.2	-4.6%
146th	Congo, Republic of	38.3	-3.0%
147th	Senegal	39.3	-2.5%
148th	Mauritania	40.8	-1.7%
149th	Kenya	41.3	0.5%
150th	Kiribati	41.7	-0.2%
151st	Ghana	42.1	-4.1%
152nd	India	42.5	-4.7%
153rd	Papua New Guinea	43.7	-2.5%
154th	Yemen, Republic of	43.7	-2.9%
155th	Uganda	44.1	-5.6%
156th	Madagascar	44.6	-1.3%
157th	Comoros	44.9	-2.2%
158th	Tanzania	45.0	-3.4%
159th	Zambia	46.4	-2.5%
160th	Malawi	46.6	-6.6%
161st	Namibia	48.0	8.1%
162nd	Timor-Leste	48.2	-3.6%
163rd	Gambia, The	48.4	-3.2%
164th	Botswana	48.8	-6.2%
165th	Burundi	49.0	-5.6%
166th	Togo	49.8	-3.1%
167th	Myanmar	50.0	-4.0%
168th	Sudan	52.3	-2.1%
169th	Haiti	53.4	-2.2%
170th	Lao PDR	53.7	-4.3%
171st	Mozambique	57.5	-3.7%
172nd	Eswatini	58.0	0.3%
173rd	Cameroon	59.8	-3.5%
174th	Zimbabwe	59.9	-7.4%
175th	Angola	60.4	-6.2%
176th	Benin	61.0	-2.2%
177th	Burkina Faso	61.6	-3.0%
178th	Djibouti	61.6	-2.7%
179th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.8	-3.1%
180th	Guinea-Bissau	61.8	-4.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	64.9	-3.1%
182nd	Liberia	67.3	-2.5%
183rd	Niger	69.4	-0.7%
184th	Pakistan	69.8	-2.5%
185th	Equatorial Guinea	69.9	-3.5%
186th	Afghanistan	71.3	-3.6%
187th	Nigeria	72.0	-1.4%
188th	Guinea	72.9	-1.0%
189th	Lesotho	73.1	-0.3%
190th	Mali	73.9	-2.1%
191st	South Sudan	74.0	-2.8%
192nd	Central African Republic	76.5	-2.0%
193rd	Chad	78.6	-2.6%
194th	Sierra Leone	83.4	-4.1%
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	112.4	-47.9%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2012?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2012 was 33.0. This ranked 139th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2012?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.7% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2012?▾

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest infant mortality rate in 2012 at 112.4.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2012?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2012 was 33.0. This ranked 139th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 33.9 in 2011 to 33.0 in 2012, a 2.7% decrease.

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