# Child mortality rate: South Africa

3.51% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 51 years from 1974 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 3.51 |
| 2023 | 3.48 |
| 2022 | 3.43 |
| 2021 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 3.39 |
| 2019 | 3.43 |
| 2018 | 3.49 |
| 2017 | 3.57 |
| 2016 | 3.68 |
| 2015 | 3.82 |
| 2014 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 4.14 |
| 2012 | 4.31 |
| 2011 | 4.56 |
| 2010 | 5.03 |
| 2009 | 5.69 |
| 2008 | 6.37 |
| 2007 | 7.12 |
| 2006 | 7.69 |
| 2005 | 7.98 |
| 2004 | 8.07 |
| 2003 | 7.92 |
| 2002 | 7.7 |
| 2001 | 7.45 |
| 2000 | 7.14 |
| 1999 | 6.87 |
| 1998 | 6.58 |
| 1997 | 6.29 |
| 1996 | 6.09 |
| 1995 | 5.92 |
| 1994 | 5.78 |
| 1993 | 5.66 |
| 1992 | 5.62 |
| 1991 | 5.68 |
| 1990 | 5.81 |
| 1989 | 6.01 |
| 1988 | 6.27 |
| 1987 | 6.57 |
| 1986 | 6.89 |
| 1985 | 7.23 |
| 1984 | 7.59 |
| 1983 | 7.96 |
| 1982 | 8.38 |
| 1981 | 8.85 |
| 1980 | 9.35 |
| 1979 | 9.88 |
| 1978 | 10.47 |
| 1977 | 11.11 |
| 1976 | 11.78 |
| 1975 | 12.49 |
| 1974 | 13.23 |

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