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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2014

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2014
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

30.9 −1.1 from 2013 Global rank: 137th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 30.9 in 2014, decreased +1.1 from 32.0 in 2013. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.0	-4.8%
2nd	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
3rd	San Marino	2.0	-4.8%
4th	Japan	2.1	-4.5%
5th	Luxembourg	2.2	0.0%
6th	Singapore	2.2	0.0%
7th	Slovenia	2.2	-4.3%
8th	Norway	2.3	-4.2%
9th	Cyprus	2.4	-4.0%
10th	Sweden	2.4	0.0%
11th	Czechia	2.5	0.0%
12th	Estonia	2.6	-7.1%
13th	Spain	2.8	-3.4%
14th	Korea	2.9	-3.3%
15th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
16th	Monaco	3.0	0.0%
17th	France	3.1	0.0%
18th	Italy	3.1	0.0%
19th	Austria	3.2	-3.0%
20th	Israel	3.2	-3.0%
21st	Belarus	3.3	-5.7%
22nd	Germany	3.3	0.0%
23rd	Ireland	3.3	0.0%
24th	Australia	3.4	-2.9%
25th	Belgium	3.4	-2.9%
26th	Andorra	3.5	-5.4%
27th	Denmark	3.5	0.0%
28th	Netherlands	3.5	-2.8%
29th	European Union	3.6	-1.9%
30th	Greece	3.6	2.9%
31st	Switzerland	3.8	0.0%
32nd	Montenegro	3.8	-9.5%
33rd	United Kingdom	3.9	-2.5%
34th	Croatia	4.2	-2.3%
35th	Lithuania	4.2	0.0%
36th	Poland	4.3	-4.4%
37th	Hungary	4.5	-4.3%
38th	Latvia	4.6	-8.0%
39th	Canada	4.7	-2.1%
40th	Cuba	4.8	2.1%
41st	New Zealand	4.8	-2.0%
42nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.0	-2.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.2	-1.9%
44th	Serbia	5.7	-3.4%
45th	United States	5.8	-1.7%
46th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
47th	Malta	5.9	0.0%
48th	United Arab Emirates	6.3	-3.1%
49th	Bahrain	6.4	-1.5%
50th	Malaysia	6.6	1.5%
51st	Qatar	6.7	-2.9%
52nd	Chile	7.0	-1.4%
53rd	Russian Federation	7.2	-5.3%
54th	Bulgaria	7.3	-6.4%
55th	Sri Lanka	7.7	-4.9%
56th	Albania	7.8	-2.5%
57th	Saudi Arabia	7.9	-7.1%
58th	Uruguay	7.9	-3.7%
59th	Costa Rica	8.0	-2.4%
60th	Kuwait	8.0	-2.4%
61st	Romania	8.3	-6.7%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	8.5	1.2%
63rd	Antigua and Barbuda	8.8	-1.1%
64th	China	8.9	-8.2%
65th	Maldives	9.1	-7.1%
66th	Oman	9.1	-1.1%
67th	Georgia	9.2	-4.2%
68th	Ukraine	9.5	-4.0%
69th	North Macedonia	9.8	4.3%
70th	Tonga	9.8	-2.0%
71st	Argentina	10.4	-4.6%
72nd	Kazakhstan	10.5	-10.3%
73rd	Thailand	10.6	-3.6%
74th	Lebanon	11.0	0.9%
75th	Libya	11.0	-3.5%
76th	Türkiye	11.5	-5.7%
77th	Barbados	12.0	-1.6%
78th	Bahamas, The	12.4	-1.6%
79th	Mauritius	13.0	-0.8%
80th	El Salvador	13.1	-3.7%
81st	Seychelles	13.1	1.6%
82nd	Armenia	13.4	-5.0%
83rd	Ecuador	13.4	-4.3%
84th	Belize	13.6	-4.2%
85th	Panama	13.7	-1.4%
86th	Kosovo	13.9	-6.1%
87th	Brazil	14.0	-2.8%
88th	British Virgin Islands	14.1	0.0%
89th	Mexico	14.3	-3.4%
90th	Colombia	14.4	-2.7%
91st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.4	-4.0%
92nd	Moldova	14.4	-1.4%
93rd	Samoa	14.9	-0.7%
94th	Peru	15.0	-2.0%
95th	Nicaragua	15.3	-4.4%
96th	Grenada	15.4	2.7%
97th	Jordan	15.4	-2.5%
98th	Vanuatu	15.7	-1.9%
99th	St. Lucia	15.8	-0.6%
100th	Viet Nam	15.8	-1.3%
101st	Fiji	16.0	0.6%
102nd	Tunisia	16.1	-0.6%
103rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	16.3	-4.7%
104th	Mongolia	16.5	-4.6%
105th	São Tomé and Principe	16.5	-8.3%
106th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.9	1.2%
107th	Palau	17.6	2.9%
108th	West Bank and Gaza	17.6	2.9%
109th	Jamaica	17.7	-0.6%
110th	Nauru	17.7	-8.3%
111th	Honduras	17.8	-2.7%
112th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	18.2	-5.7%
113th	Cabo Verde	19.0	-7.3%
114th	Suriname	19.4	-2.0%
115th	Solomon Islands	19.9	-1.5%
116th	Uzbekistan	20.0	-7.8%
117th	Paraguay	20.2	-2.9%
118th	Kyrgyz Republic	20.4	-5.1%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8	-1.9%
120th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.0	-3.5%
121st	Algeria	22.3	-1.8%
122nd	Philippines	22.3	-0.4%
123rd	Azerbaijan	22.5	-6.6%
124th	Morocco	22.7	-5.4%
125th	Tuvalu	23.1	-3.3%
126th	Indonesia	23.2	-3.7%
127th	Guatemala	24.1	-4.0%
128th	Syrian Arab Republic	24.7	-1.2%
129th	Bhutan	25.4	-4.2%
130th	Tajikistan	25.4	-3.4%
131st	Dominica	25.9	3.6%
132nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	27.3	-2.8%
133rd	Iraq	27.5	-3.2%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	28.4	-5.0%
135th	Cambodia	29.1	-5.5%
136th	Marshall Islands	30.0	-2.3%
137th	South Africa	30.9	-3.4%
138th	Dominican Republic	31.0	0.3%
139th	Guyana	31.2	-2.5%
140th	Bangladesh	31.4	-4.0%
141st	Eritrea	33.4	-2.9%
142nd	Turkmenistan	33.6	-0.3%
143rd	Nepal	34.1	-4.2%
144th	Gabon	34.6	-1.7%
145th	Rwanda	34.6	-3.1%
146th	Congo, Republic of	36.1	-3.0%
147th	Senegal	37.9	-1.6%
148th	India	38.5	-4.9%
149th	Ghana	39.1	-3.5%
150th	Mauritania	39.3	-2.0%
151st	Kenya	40.1	-2.0%
152nd	Uganda	40.3	-4.5%
153rd	Malawi	41.4	-5.0%
154th	Papua New Guinea	41.5	-2.6%
155th	Yemen, Republic of	41.5	-2.1%
156th	Kiribati	41.9	0.5%
157th	Tanzania	42.3	-3.2%
158th	Comoros	43.2	-1.8%
159th	Zambia	43.3	-3.1%
160th	Madagascar	43.9	-0.5%
161st	Burundi	44.0	-5.0%
162nd	Timor-Leste	45.1	-3.2%
163rd	Gambia, The	45.2	-3.4%
164th	Myanmar	46.3	-3.7%
165th	Togo	46.8	-3.1%
166th	Namibia	46.9	-1.5%
167th	Botswana	48.4	1.7%
168th	Lao PDR	49.2	-4.3%
169th	Sudan	50.1	-2.3%
170th	Haiti	51.2	-2.3%
171st	Angola	53.6	-5.5%
172nd	Zimbabwe	54.3	-4.7%
173rd	Mozambique	54.8	-2.3%
174th	Cameroon	55.4	-3.5%
175th	Guinea-Bissau	57.2	-3.7%
176th	Eswatini	57.9	0.9%
177th	Burkina Faso	58.0	-3.0%
178th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	58.0	-3.2%
179th	Benin	58.3	-2.3%
180th	Djibouti	58.3	-2.7%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	60.8	-3.2%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	65.5	-3.1%
183rd	Pakistan	66.0	-2.8%
184th	Afghanistan	66.4	-3.3%
185th	Liberia	66.5	1.2%
186th	Niger	69.1	-0.1%
187th	Mali	70.8	-2.1%
188th	Nigeria	70.8	-0.8%
189th	Lesotho	71.2	-2.2%
190th	Guinea	72.2	-0.1%
191st	Chad	74.8	-2.3%
192nd	Sierra Leone	77.7	-2.9%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	86.3	-3.0%
194th	Central African Republic	100.2	23.7%
195th	South Sudan	117.7	61.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2014?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2014 was 30.9. This ranked 137th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2014?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.4% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2014?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2014 at 117.7.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2014?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2014 was 30.9. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 2014 compare to 2013 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 32.0 in 2013 to 30.9 in 2014, a 3.4% decrease.

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