# Under-five mortality rate in South Africa

Under-five mortality rate in South Africa was 35.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- 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, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=za

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 35.1 |
| 2023 | 34.8 |
| 2022 | 34.3 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2020 | 33.9 |
| 2019 | 34.3 |
| 2018 | 34.9 |
| 2017 | 35.7 |
| 2016 | 36.8 |
| 2015 | 38.2 |
| 2014 | 39.7 |
| 2013 | 41.4 |
| 2012 | 43.1 |
| 2011 | 45.6 |
| 2010 | 50.3 |
| 2009 | 56.9 |
| 2008 | 63.7 |
| 2007 | 71.2 |
| 2006 | 76.9 |
| 2005 | 79.8 |
| 2004 | 80.7 |
| 2003 | 79.2 |
| 2002 | 77 |
| 2001 | 74.5 |
| 2000 | 71.4 |
| 1999 | 68.7 |
| 1998 | 65.8 |
| 1997 | 62.9 |
| 1996 | 60.9 |
| 1995 | 59.2 |
| 1994 | 57.8 |
| 1993 | 56.6 |
| 1992 | 56.2 |
| 1991 | 56.8 |
| 1990 | 58.1 |
| 1989 | 60.1 |
| 1988 | 62.7 |
| 1987 | 65.7 |
| 1986 | 68.9 |
| 1985 | 72.3 |
| 1984 | 75.9 |
| 1983 | 79.6 |
| 1982 | 83.8 |
| 1981 | 88.5 |
| 1980 | 93.5 |
| 1979 | 98.8 |
| 1978 | 104.7 |
| 1977 | 111.1 |
| 1976 | 117.8 |
| 1975 | 124.9 |
| 1974 | 132.3 |