World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.
RU EN

South Africa
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#71out of 196 countries
Go to rankingOpenglobal ranking and map

Historical trend

28.524.220.015.711.4197520002024South Africa · 2024: 12.40South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 12.40 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #71 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 28.50 in 1975 to 12.40 in 2024, a decrease of 16.10.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

Use the comparison tool or canonical pair-vs-pair pages to compare this country on the same indicator.