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

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#58out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

10987.766.645.424.2197620002024South Africa · 2024: 24.20South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 24.20 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #58 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 108.90 in 1976 to 24.20 in 2024, a decrease of 84.70.
  • 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.

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