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South Africa: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

35.10per 1,000 live births · 2024-11.6% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for South Africa from 1974 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202435.1
202334.8
202234.3
202134
202033.9
201934.3
201834.9
201735.7
201636.8
201538.2
201439.7
201341.4
201243.1
201145.6
201050.3
200956.9
200863.7
200771.2
200676.9
200579.8
200480.7
200379.2
200277
200174.5
200071.4
199968.7
199865.8
199762.9
199660.9
199559.2
199457.8
199356.6
199256.2
199156.8
199058.1
198960.1
198862.7
198765.7
198668.9
198572.3
198475.9
198379.6
198283.8
198188.5
198093.5
197998.8
1978104.7
1977111.1
1976117.8
1975124.9
1974132.3

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). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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