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South Africa: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

24.20per 1,000 live births · 2024-21.2% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for South Africa from 1976 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202424.2
202324.3
202224.3
202124.3
202024.5
201925.1
201825.8
201726.8
201628
201529.3
201430.7
201332.1
201233.3
201134.5
201036
200938.2
200841
200744
200646
200547.7
200448.7
200348.3
200247.6
200147.2
200046.5
199946
199845.4
199745.3
199645.5
199546
199446.7
199347.5
199248.6
199150.1
199052.1
198954.4
198857
198759.9
198662.9
198566.2
198469.6
198373.1
198277
198181.4
198086.1
197991.2
197896.7
1977102.6
1976108.9

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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