Child mortality rate: South Africa, earlier editions
This site's figures come from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation's series as Our World in Data combines it in Our World in Data's edition of 9 June 2026. Its catalogue also keeps 3 earlier editions that include South Africa, each below beside this site's figures.
- 25 April 2025: 39 of the 50 years in both differ from this site.
- 16 September 2024: 49 of the 49 years in both differ from this site.
- 29 August 2023: 47 of the 48 years in both differ from this site.
In the table, · is the same figure as this site's, none is a year the edition has no figure for, and a blank is a year outside the edition. Earlier editions are given to six significant digits, since some are stored as single-precision numbers, and a year counts as differing only beyond that precision. An edition in another unit is given in its own unit and never compared. This site gives this series to 2 decimals, as Our World in Data's chart does, so an earlier figure counts as the same when it rounds to this site's.
| Year | This site (deaths per 100 live births) | 25 April 2025 | 16 September 2024 | 29 August 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.51 | |||
| 2023 | 3.48 | 3.46506 | ||
| 2022 | 3.43 | 3.43661 | 3.45396 | |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 3.41356 | 3.47046 | 3.28473 |
| 2020 | 3.39 | 3.4072 | 3.5268 | 3.37423 |
| 2019 | 3.43 | 3.4482 | 3.55739 | · |
| 2018 | 3.49 | · | 3.60732 | 3.50855 |
| 2017 | 3.57 | 3.57602 | 3.65988 | 3.58223 |
| 2016 | 3.68 | · | 3.71595 | 3.65593 |
| 2015 | 3.82 | · | 3.78231 | 3.73435 |
| 2014 | 3.97 | 3.95766 | 3.85853 | 3.82585 |
| 2013 | 4.14 | 4.09534 | 3.97984 | 3.95771 |
| 2012 | 4.31 | 4.24682 | 4.16578 | 4.15328 |
| 2011 | 4.56 | 4.50471 | 4.55384 | 4.54754 |
| 2010 | 5.03 | 5.00103 | 5.16379 | 5.15877 |
| 2009 | 5.69 | 5.70301 | 6.00444 | 5.99046 |
| 2008 | 6.37 | 6.41783 | 6.79474 | 6.82656 |
| 2007 | 7.12 | 7.1871 | 7.44858 | 7.46139 |
| 2006 | 7.69 | 7.75499 | 7.87156 | 7.89452 |
| 2005 | 7.98 | 8.02724 | 7.89945 | 7.92391 |
| 2004 | 8.07 | 8.10071 | 7.74865 | 7.77661 |
| 2003 | 7.92 | 7.92761 | 7.63128 | 7.64924 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 7.68527 | 7.51205 | 7.51596 |
| 2001 | 7.45 | 7.43042 | 7.32193 | 7.33025 |
| 2000 | 7.14 | 7.10658 | 7.10236 | 7.10053 |
| 1999 | 6.87 | 6.84681 | 6.85544 | 6.86059 |
| 1998 | 6.58 | 6.56494 | 6.65934 | 6.65808 |
| 1997 | 6.29 | · | 6.45954 | 6.44665 |
| 1996 | 6.09 | 6.10798 | 6.26864 | 6.26013 |
| 1995 | 5.92 | 5.94654 | 6.13163 | 6.12519 |
| 1994 | 5.78 | 5.81622 | 6.04194 | 6.03573 |
| 1993 | 5.66 | 5.70364 | 6.00158 | 5.99274 |
| 1992 | 5.62 | 5.66146 | 6.01925 | 6.01011 |
| 1991 | 5.68 | 5.70347 | 6.09624 | 6.0889 |
| 1990 | 5.81 | 5.81732 | 6.2313 | 6.22176 |
| 1989 | 6.01 | · | 6.41072 | 6.39952 |
| 1988 | 6.27 | 6.25713 | 6.63222 | 6.61629 |
| 1987 | 6.57 | 6.55805 | 6.89129 | 6.87769 |
| 1986 | 6.89 | · | 7.18371 | 7.1646 |
| 1985 | 7.23 | 7.24152 | 7.49511 | 7.47936 |
| 1984 | 7.59 | 7.60062 | 7.83978 | 7.81843 |
| 1983 | 7.96 | 7.97829 | 8.20365 | 8.18579 |
| 1982 | 8.38 | 8.38706 | 8.60109 | 8.58465 |
| 1981 | 8.85 | 8.84027 | 9.02727 | 9.01162 |
| 1980 | 9.35 | · | 9.48774 | 9.46724 |
| 1979 | 9.88 | · | 9.98215 | 9.94717 |
| 1978 | 10.47 | · | 10.512 | 10.4805 |
| 1977 | 11.11 | 11.1035 | 11.0724 | 11.0335 |
| 1976 | 11.78 | · | 11.6693 | 11.6164 |
| 1975 | 12.49 | 12.4987 | 12.2865 | 12.2156 |
| 1974 | 13.23 | · | 12.9338 | 12.855 |
The editions in Our World in Data's catalogue: 25 April 2025 · 16 September 2024 · 29 August 2023. This figure on this site · Revisions to child mortality rate · Revisions for South Africa · All editions.