South Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1974-2025

South Africa infant mortality rate for 2022 was 27.70, a 0.36% decline from 2021.
  • South Africa infant mortality rate for 2021 was 27.80, a 1.07% decline from 2020.
  • South Africa infant mortality rate for 2020 was 28.10, a 0.35% decline from 2019.
  • South Africa infant mortality rate for 2019 was 28.20, a 1.05% decline from 2018.
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Country Rankings
Country Name Per 1000 Live Births
Sierra Leone 76.00
Central African Republic 73.50
Nigeria 68.50
Somalia 68.00
Chad 64.10
South Sudan 63.80
Guinea 62.20
Niger 60.30
Democratic Republic of Congo 60.10
Mali 60.10
Lesotho 56.40
Equatorial Guinea 55.10
Liberia 54.90
Benin 53.60
Pakistan 51.00
Burkina Faso 50.10
Mozambique 48.70
Guinea-Bissau 48.60
Cameroon 47.00
Angola 45.70
Madagascar 45.10
Afghanistan 44.80
Djibouti 44.10
Haiti 44.00
Kiribati 43.90
Togo 42.10
Timor-Leste 41.50
Eswatini 39.70
Zambia 39.00
Comoros 38.20
Sudan 37.00
Burundi 36.40
Turkmenistan 35.00
Zimbabwe 34.60
Ethiopia 33.90
Papua New Guinea 33.40
Yemen 33.10
Gambia 32.80
Lao PDR 32.70
Myanmar 32.50
Ghana 31.60
Mauritania 31.40
Botswana 31.20
Republic of Congo 31.20
Dominica 30.80
Kenya 30.50
Uganda 30.20
Malawi 30.10
Tanzania 30.00
Gabon 28.80
Rwanda 28.80
Namibia 28.60
Senegal 28.20
Eritrea 28.00
South Africa 27.70
Dominican Republic 26.80
Tajikistan 26.70
India 25.50
Bangladesh 24.10
Marshall Islands 24.00
Fiji 23.60
Nepal 23.00
Guyana 22.30
Nauru 22.30
Palau 22.10
Philippines 21.80
Venezuela 21.20
Micronesia 20.50
Cambodia 20.30
Bhutan 20.10
Iraq 20.00
Bolivia 19.60
Guatemala 18.80
Algeria 18.70
Indonesia 18.10
Syrian Arab Republic 17.80
Tuvalu 17.40
Vietnam 16.20
Azerbaijan 16.10
Jamaica 16.10
St. Lucia 16.00
Solomon Islands 15.70
Vanuatu 15.60
Egypt 15.50
Kyrgyz Republic 15.40
Paraguay 15.00
Lebanon 14.90
Morocco 14.80
Suriname 14.80
Grenada 14.40
Samoa 13.90
Honduras 13.80
Trinidad and Tobago 13.80
North Korea 13.60
Mauritius 13.40
St. Kitts and Nevis 13.30
Nicaragua 13.10
Brazil 12.50
Seychelles 12.50
West Bank and Gaza 12.30
Jordan 12.20
Moldova 12.20
Uzbekistan 11.90
Peru 11.70
British Virgin Islands 11.60
Mongolia 11.50
Panama 11.40
Sao Tome and Principe 11.30
Bahamas 11.20
Mexico 11.00
Colombia 10.60
Cabo Verde 10.60
Ecuador 10.50
Iran 10.30
El Salvador 10.20
Barbados 10.10
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10.10
Tunisia 9.90
Belize 9.40
Tonga 9.40
Armenia 9.20
Oman 9.00
Libya 8.90
Kazakhstan 8.70
Kosovo 8.70
Brunei 8.50
Albania 8.40
Argentina 8.40
Georgia 8.30
Turkey 8.30
Antigua and Barbuda 8.10
Kuwait 7.40
Thailand 7.00
Ukraine 7.00
Costa Rica 6.90
Malaysia 6.70
Cuba 6.20
Bahrain 5.60
Sri Lanka 5.60
Uruguay 5.60
Romania 5.50
Saudi Arabia 5.50
Chile 5.40
United States 5.40
Bosnia 5.20
Bulgaria 5.00
Malta 4.90
Slovak Republic 4.90
China 4.80
Maldives 4.80
Qatar 4.50
Serbia 4.40
UAE 4.30
Canada 4.30
North Macedonia 4.10
Turks and Caicos Islands 4.10
Croatia 3.90
New Zealand 3.90
Poland 3.80
Russia 3.80
United Kingdom 3.60
Switzerland 3.50
Netherlands 3.40
France 3.30
Greece 3.30
Hungary 3.30
Australia 3.20
Belgium 3.10
Denmark 3.10
Germany 3.00
Euro Area 2.92
Lithuania 2.90
Latvia 2.80
Cyprus 2.70
Ireland 2.70
Israel 2.70
Andorra 2.60
Austria 2.60
Portugal 2.60
Spain 2.50
South Korea 2.40
Monaco 2.30
Montenegro 2.30
Italy 2.20
Luxembourg 2.20
Czech Republic 2.10
Iceland 2.00
Sweden 2.00
Belarus 1.90
Finland 1.90
Slovenia 1.90
Norway 1.80
Singapore 1.80
Japan 1.70
Estonia 1.50
San Marino 1.30