Area Database (v4.1)

Child mortality
Infant mortality rate
Subnational regions
South Africa
All years

Infant mortality rate

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
South Africa (Africa)  
Total 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.1 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0
Eastern Cape 63.0 62.4 61.8 61.2 60.6 60.0 59.4 58.8 58.2 57.6 56.9 56.3 55.7 55.1 54.5 53.9 53.3 52.7 52.1 51.5 50.9 50.3 49.6 49.0 48.4
Free State 34.1 35.0 35.9 36.8 37.7 38.5 39.4 40.3 41.2 42.1 43.0 43.8 44.7 45.6 46.5 47.4 48.2 49.1 50.0 50.9 51.8 52.6 53.5 54.4 55.3
Gauteng 36.7 37.0 37.2 37.4 37.7 37.9 38.2 38.4 38.6 38.9 39.1 39.3 39.6 39.8 40.0 40.3 40.5 40.7 41.0 41.2 41.4 41.7 41.9 42.1 42.4
KwaZulu Natal 54.0 53.4 52.7 52.1 51.4 50.8 50.1 49.5 48.8 48.2 47.5 46.9 46.2 45.6 44.9 44.2 43.6 42.9 42.3 41.6 41.0 40.3 39.7 39.0 38.4
Mpumalanga 48.2 48.4 48.7 48.9 49.2 49.4 49.7 49.9 50.2 50.4 50.7 50.9 51.2 51.4 51.7 52.0 52.2 52.5 52.7 53.0 53.2 53.5 53.7 54.0 54.2
North West 35.2 36.1 37.0 38.0 38.9 39.9 40.8 41.8 42.7 43.7 44.6 45.6 46.5 47.4 48.4 49.3 50.3 51.2 52.2 53.1 54.1 55.0 56.0 56.9 57.8
Northern Cape 40.8 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.7 41.9 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.9 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5
Northern Province 42.3 41.4 40.5 39.6 38.7 37.8 36.9 36.1 35.2 34.3 33.4 32.5 31.6 30.8 29.9 29.0 28.1 27.2 26.3 25.4 24.6 23.7 22.8 21.9 21.0
Western Cape 5.14 6.75 8.36 9.97 11.6 13.2 14.8 16.4 18.0 19.6 21.2 22.9 24.5 26.1 27.7 29.3 30.9 32.5 34.1 35.7 37.3 39.0 40.6 42.2 43.8
Lighter numbers are estimates