# Infant mortality rate in South Africa

Infant mortality rate in South Africa was 24.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=za

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 24.2 |
| 2023 | 24.3 |
| 2022 | 24.3 |
| 2021 | 24.3 |
| 2020 | 24.5 |
| 2019 | 25.1 |
| 2018 | 25.8 |
| 2017 | 26.8 |
| 2016 | 28 |
| 2015 | 29.3 |
| 2014 | 30.7 |
| 2013 | 32.1 |
| 2012 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 34.5 |
| 2010 | 36 |
| 2009 | 38.2 |
| 2008 | 41 |
| 2007 | 44 |
| 2006 | 46 |
| 2005 | 47.7 |
| 2004 | 48.7 |
| 2003 | 48.3 |
| 2002 | 47.6 |
| 2001 | 47.2 |
| 2000 | 46.5 |
| 1999 | 46 |
| 1998 | 45.4 |
| 1997 | 45.3 |
| 1996 | 45.5 |
| 1995 | 46 |
| 1994 | 46.7 |
| 1993 | 47.5 |
| 1992 | 48.6 |
| 1991 | 50.1 |
| 1990 | 52.1 |
| 1989 | 54.4 |
| 1988 | 57 |
| 1987 | 59.9 |
| 1986 | 62.9 |
| 1985 | 66.2 |
| 1984 | 69.6 |
| 1983 | 73.1 |
| 1982 | 77 |
| 1981 | 81.4 |
| 1980 | 86.1 |
| 1979 | 91.2 |
| 1978 | 96.7 |
| 1977 | 102.6 |
| 1976 | 108.9 |