South Africa · Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)
24.22024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births).
Infant mortality probability before the first birthday (age 0–11 months), both sexes, expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 49 rows
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1976 | 108.886618575 | 91.766380846 | 129.480843711 | — |
| South Africa | 1977 | 102.642647278 | 87.742473457 | 120.154760384 | — |
| South Africa | 1978 | 96.696681697 | 83.240927687 | 112.566507645 | — |
| South Africa | 1979 | 91.157908668 | 78.836275297 | 105.738588899 | — |
| South Africa | 1980 | 86.072129151 | 74.46029541 | 99.3218506 | — |
| South Africa | 1981 | 81.429507073 | 70.565123109 | 93.703736026 | — |
| South Africa | 1982 | 76.997715639 | 66.730363976 | 88.556007658 | — |
| South Africa | 1983 | 73.0780265 | 63.47466273 | 83.852211551 | — |
| South Africa | 1984 | 69.5561303 | 60.373841688 | 79.850340058 | — |
| South Africa | 1985 | 66.169249111 | 57.588814617 | 76.018626752 | — |
| South Africa | 1986 | 62.931253707 | 54.885699502 | 72.367969742 | — |
| South Africa | 1987 | 59.89499719 | 52.322947649 | 69.046337424 | — |
| South Africa | 1988 | 56.993417023 | 49.779495166 | 65.737146072 | — |
| South Africa | 1989 | 54.351424877 | 47.409633546 | 62.725014061 | — |
| South Africa | 1990 | 52.066317496 | 45.421819971 | 60.040273619 | — |
| South Africa | 1991 | 50.106212395 | 43.802344956 | 57.73437738 | — |
| South Africa | 1992 | 48.574854521 | 42.465395208 | 55.900517175 | — |
| South Africa | 1993 | 47.473644967 | 41.577854613 | 54.639331762 | — |
| South Africa | 1994 | 46.743374955 | 41.085135141 | 53.709112087 | — |
| South Africa | 1995 | 46.027439066 | 40.700699801 | 52.708694154 | — |
| South Africa | 1996 | 45.457200579 | 40.50770918 | 51.68955315 | — |
| South Africa | 1997 | 45.262468855 | 40.539302044 | 50.780293487 | — |
| South Africa | 1998 | 45.411853123 | 41.136325119 | 50.181780728 | — |
| South Africa | 1999 | 45.971040601 | 41.98947067 | 50.089379814 | — |
| South Africa | 2000 | 46.514110546 | 42.924454209 | 50.146151753 | — |
| South Africa | 2001 | 47.226426566 | 43.942183458 | 50.607406243 | — |
| South Africa | 2002 | 47.638528145 | 44.416811482 | 50.950579741 | — |
| South Africa | 2003 | 48.31162308 | 45.158707097 | 51.540984407 | — |
| South Africa | 2004 | 48.6795485 | 45.516278697 | 51.847351166 | — |
| South Africa | 2005 | 47.708609887 | 44.739767988 | 50.72156944 | — |
| South Africa | 2006 | 45.979796526 | 43.237389931 | 49.001187358 | — |
| South Africa | 2007 | 44.003187622 | 41.381508084 | 47.011078184 | — |
| South Africa | 2008 | 40.971723724 | 38.44391226 | 43.858085466 | — |
| South Africa | 2009 | 38.223936269 | 35.798397552 | 41.033950657 | — |
| South Africa | 2010 | 36.044162831 | 33.754649233 | 38.692541065 | — |
| South Africa | 2011 | 34.514117592 | 32.28138144 | 36.978593954 | — |
| South Africa | 2012 | 33.316482092 | 31.231167292 | 35.67330717 | — |
| South Africa | 2013 | 32.085955263 | 30.124464763 | 34.230472576 | — |
| South Africa | 2014 | 30.69719306 | 28.834588205 | 32.714817172 | — |
| South Africa | 2015 | 29.317937005 | 27.518498124 | 31.239860817 | — |
| South Africa | 2016 | 28.0442367 | 26.237789406 | 29.87878604 | — |
| South Africa | 2017 | 26.833967049 | 24.97371757 | 28.647933352 | — |
| South Africa | 2018 | 25.844436346 | 23.994499055 | 27.60598196 | — |
| South Africa | 2019 | 25.064855617 | 23.228544476 | 26.815592947 | — |
| South Africa | 2020 | 24.540982611 | 22.848116561 | 26.254397857 | — |
| South Africa | 2021 | 24.329579 | 22.663902999 | 26.106886402 | — |
| South Africa | 2022 | 24.288511445 | 22.308126789 | 26.526639076 | — |
| South Africa | 2023 | 24.306315244 | 21.676733134 | 27.370942493 | — |
| South Africa | 2024 | 24.212450833 | 20.790481943 | 28.533047753 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.