Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.23% to 26.3 in South Africa in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in South Africa reached an all time high of 91.3 in 1974 and an all time low of 26.3 in 2019. When compared to South Africa's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Botswana amounted to 36.9, 71.4 in Lesotho, 30.9 in Namibia and 37.7 in Swaziland in 2019.
South Africa has been ranked 57th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 53.5 | 51.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 71.9 | 72.6 | 72.9 | 73.1 | 72.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 63.0 | 61.3 | 59.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 34.0 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 29.4 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | 50.1 | 45.2 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 46.0 | 46.9 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 42.9 | 42.1 | 40.8 | 39.9 | 38.8 |
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