Infant mortality per 1,000 live births rose 0% to 63.3 in South Sudan in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in South Sudan reached an all time high of 173 in 1979 and an all time low of 63.3 in 2018. When compared to South Sudan's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Central African Republic amounted to 79.1, 36.6 in Ethiopia, 41.0 in Sudan and 33.0 in Uganda in 2019.
South Sudan has been ranked 9th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 7 places above 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 |
| Cameroon | 59.5 | 57.0 | 55.2 | 53.2 | 51.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 83.8 | 81.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 75.0 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 67.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 20.5 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 34.9 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 45.2 | 43.2 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 36.4 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 35.7 | 34.6 | 33.7 | 32.9 | 32.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 85.9 | 83.6 | 81.4 | 79.1 | 76.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 46.3 | 45.2 | 44.1 | 43.0 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 40.6 | 38.9 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 34.1 |
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