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South Africa - Infant Mortality Rate 2019

Name: South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 2019
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

25.6 −0.7 from 2018 Global rank: 136th

South Africa's infant mortality rate was 25.6 in 2019, decreased +0.7 from 26.3 in 2018. This was the 136th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.6	-5.9%
2nd	Japan	1.8	-5.3%
3rd	Estonia	1.9	-5.0%
4th	Finland	1.9	0.0%
5th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
6th	Norway	2.0	0.0%
7th	Singapore	2.0	-4.8%
8th	Slovenia	2.0	0.0%
9th	Luxembourg	2.1	0.0%
10th	Sweden	2.2	0.0%
11th	Belarus	2.4	-7.7%
12th	Czechia	2.4	-4.0%
13th	Cyprus	2.6	4.0%
14th	Spain	2.6	-3.7%
15th	Italy	2.6	-3.7%
16th	Korea	2.6	-3.7%
17th	Monaco	2.6	0.0%
18th	Montenegro	2.6	-7.1%
19th	Andorra	2.8	-3.4%
20th	Portugal	2.8	-3.4%
21st	Austria	2.9	-3.3%
22nd	Israel	2.9	0.0%
23rd	Ireland	3.0	0.0%
24th	Germany	3.1	-3.1%
25th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
26th	European Union	3.3	-2.7%
27th	Belgium	3.3	0.0%
28th	Denmark	3.3	-2.9%
29th	France	3.3	0.0%
30th	Lithuania	3.3	-5.7%
31st	Latvia	3.4	-5.6%
32nd	Switzerland	3.5	-2.8%
33rd	Greece	3.5	-2.8%
34th	Hungary	3.5	-2.8%
35th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
36th	United Kingdom	3.8	0.0%
37th	Poland	3.8	-2.6%
38th	Croatia	4.0	0.0%
39th	New Zealand	4.3	-2.3%
40th	Canada	4.5	0.0%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.5	-2.2%
42nd	Russian Federation	4.7	-7.8%
43rd	Serbia	4.8	-4.0%
44th	Slovak Republic	4.9	-2.0%
45th	United Arab Emirates	5.0	-5.7%
46th	Cuba	5.4	3.8%
47th	Malta	5.4	-1.8%
48th	Qatar	5.4	-3.6%
49th	Bulgaria	5.5	-5.2%
50th	United States	5.5	-1.8%
51st	Romania	5.6	-6.7%
52nd	Saudi Arabia	5.8	-4.9%
53rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
54th	Chile	6.0	-4.8%
55th	China	6.0	-6.3%
56th	North Macedonia	6.1	-15.3%
57th	Sri Lanka	6.2	-4.6%
58th	Uruguay	6.2	-4.6%
59th	Maldives	6.4	-7.2%
60th	Bahrain	6.5	1.6%
61st	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
62nd	Kuwait	7.6	0.0%
63rd	Costa Rica	7.9	1.3%
64th	Albania	8.0	2.6%
65th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.0	-2.4%
66th	Kazakhstan	8.1	-1.2%
67th	Georgia	8.3	-1.2%
68th	Ukraine	8.3	-2.4%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	8.5	-1.2%
70th	Oman	8.7	-1.1%
71st	Argentina	8.9	-3.3%
72nd	Tonga	8.9	-1.1%
73rd	Thailand	9.1	-3.2%
74th	Türkiye	9.1	-4.2%
75th	Libya	9.2	-3.2%
76th	Kosovo	10.2	-5.6%
77th	Barbados	10.5	-3.7%
78th	El Salvador	10.6	-4.5%
79th	Armenia	10.7	-4.5%
80th	Nauru	11.2	-8.9%
81st	São Tomé and Principe	11.3	-5.8%
82nd	Belize	11.4	-2.6%
83rd	Ecuador	11.7	-1.7%
84th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	12.0	-6.3%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.1	-3.2%
86th	Nicaragua	12.1	-4.7%
87th	Mexico	12.2	-3.2%
88th	Colombia	12.4	-2.4%
89th	Panama	12.7	-3.1%
90th	Lebanon	12.8	4.1%
91st	Mongolia	12.8	-5.2%
92nd	Brazil	13.0	-0.8%
93rd	British Virgin Islands	13.0	-2.3%
94th	Cabo Verde	13.2	-5.7%
95th	Jordan	13.6	-2.9%
96th	West Bank and Gaza	13.6	-3.5%
97th	Seychelles	13.6	0.7%
98th	Moldova	13.7	-0.7%
99th	Mauritius	13.9	2.2%
100th	Peru	14.2	-0.7%
101st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.3	-3.4%
102nd	Tunisia	14.4	-4.6%
103rd	Uzbekistan	14.8	-4.5%
104th	Viet Nam	14.9	-0.7%
105th	Vanuatu	14.9	-0.7%
106th	Samoa	14.9	4.2%
107th	St. Lucia	15.0	-1.3%
108th	Honduras	15.1	-3.2%
109th	Bahamas, The	15.7	30.8%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	15.9	-1.9%
111th	Kyrgyz Republic	16.1	-3.6%
112th	Azerbaijan	16.6	-5.7%
113th	Grenada	16.8	1.2%
114th	Suriname	17.1	-2.8%
115th	Paraguay	17.2	-2.8%
116th	Jamaica	17.8	0.6%
117th	Morocco	18.0	-3.7%
118th	Solomon Islands	18.3	-2.1%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.4	-3.7%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	19.0	-1.6%
121st	Indonesia	19.3	-3.0%
122nd	Tuvalu	19.5	-3.0%
123rd	Palau	19.9	0.5%
124th	Guatemala	20.4	-2.9%
125th	Fiji	20.6	7.3%
126th	Algeria	20.7	-1.4%
127th	Bhutan	21.1	-3.2%
128th	Syrian Arab Republic	21.5	-12.2%
129th	Philippines	22.7	0.4%
130th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	23.0	-3.8%
131st	Tajikistan	23.3	-0.4%
132nd	Cambodia	23.5	-3.7%
133rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.6	-2.9%
134th	Iraq	23.6	-3.3%
135th	Bangladesh	25.4	-3.4%
136th	South Africa	25.6	-2.7%
137th	Marshall Islands	26.5	-2.6%
138th	Guyana	27.0	-2.9%
139th	Nepal	27.3	-4.2%
140th	Eritrea	28.7	-3.0%
141st	Gabon	29.7	-3.3%
142nd	India	29.7	-5.1%
143rd	Dominica	30.6	3.0%
144th	Dominican Republic	30.9	-1.0%
145th	Uganda	31.7	-3.6%
146th	Rwanda	31.8	-1.2%
147th	Ghana	32.6	-3.8%
148th	Congo, Republic of	33.0	3.1%
149th	Malawi	33.6	-2.6%
150th	Turkmenistan	33.8	-0.9%
151st	Tanzania	34.7	-3.6%
152nd	Mauritania	34.8	-2.8%
153rd	Senegal	34.9	-2.2%
154th	Burundi	35.6	-3.8%
155th	Zambia	35.7	-4.8%
156th	Papua New Guinea	36.1	-2.7%
157th	Kenya	37.2	-1.6%
158th	Gambia, The	38.4	-3.3%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	38.8	-2.0%
160th	Myanmar	38.9	-3.2%
161st	Comoros	39.5	-2.0%
162nd	Timor-Leste	39.9	-2.0%
163rd	Togo	40.2	-2.9%
164th	Lao PDR	40.4	-3.6%
165th	Botswana	42.3	-2.1%
166th	Kiribati	42.4	-0.9%
167th	Angola	43.8	-3.3%
168th	Sudan	44.0	-2.9%
169th	Madagascar	44.5	0.7%
170th	Namibia	44.6	-2.4%
171st	Haiti	45.0	-2.8%
172nd	Zimbabwe	46.0	-3.0%
173rd	Cameroon	46.8	-2.7%
174th	Eswatini	48.2	-0.6%
175th	Guinea-Bissau	48.3	-3.4%
176th	Mozambique	49.7	-1.8%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	49.8	-2.9%
178th	Burkina Faso	50.2	-2.7%
179th	Djibouti	50.4	-3.1%
180th	Benin	51.8	-2.4%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	52.3	-3.3%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	56.1	-2.8%
183rd	Pakistan	56.8	-2.9%
184th	Afghanistan	56.9	-2.9%
185th	Liberia	58.2	-2.0%
186th	Lesotho	63.3	-2.5%
187th	Mali	63.7	-2.2%
188th	Sierra Leone	64.1	-3.3%
189th	Chad	65.5	-2.8%
190th	Nigeria	66.1	-1.9%
191st	Guinea	67.4	-1.6%
192nd	Niger	69.5	0.1%
193rd	South Sudan	72.6	-20.9%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	75.7	-11.8%
195th	Central African Republic	124.3	68.0%

FAQ

What was South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2019?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate in 2019 was 25.6. This ranked 136th globally.

How did South Africa's infant mortality rate change in 2019?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.7% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2019?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2019 at 124.3.

What is the infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2019?▾

The infant mortality rate of South Africa in 2019 was 25.6. This ranked 136th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for South Africa's infant mortality rate?▾

South Africa's infant mortality rate went from 26.3 in 2018 to 25.6 in 2019, a 2.7% decrease.

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