Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — South Sudan

Infant mortality rate in South Sudan in 2024 — 71.9 per 1,000. Ranked 196 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.3%.

2024 71.9 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 196of 196
Period maximum 484 per 1,0001988
Period minimum 71.9 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — South Sudan, 1960–2024020040060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 195.9 per 1,0001962: 191.4 per 1,0001964: 187.5 per 1,0001966: 213.5 per 1,0001968: 209 per 1,0001970: 208.4 per 1,0001972: 170.3 per 1,0001974: 166.6 per 1,0001976: 163.1 per 1,0001978: 159.7 per 1,0001980: 156.6 per 1,0001982: 154 per 1,0001984: 151.8 per 1,0001986: 149.5 per 1,0001988: 484 per 1,0001990: 157.4 per 1,0001992: 165.5 per 1,0001994: 138.5 per 1,0001996: 143.7 per 1,0001998: 238.8 per 1,0002000: 118.2 per 1,0002002: 109 per 1,0002004: 100.2 per 1,0002006: 92.3 per 1,0002008: 85 per 1,0002010: 78.2 per 1,0002012: 73.2 per 1,0002014: 118.2 per 1,0002016: 169.8 per 1,0002018: 92.9 per 1,0002020: 71.9 per 1,0002022: 71.9 per 1,0002024: 71.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −124 (−63.3%) Average annual rate: -1.55 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Sudan

South Sudan 71.9 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 71.9 +0 +0%
2023 71.9 +0 +0%
2022 71.9 +0 +0%
2021 71.9 +0 +0%
2020 71.9 +0 +0%
2019 71.9 −21 −22.6%
2018 92.9 −88.6 −48.82%
2017 181.5 +11.7 +6.89%
2016 169.8 +18.5 +12.23%
2015 151.3 +33.1 +28%
2014 118.2 +46 +63.71%
2013 72.2 −1 −1.37%
2012 73.2 −2.1 −2.79%
2011 75.3 −2.9 −3.71%
2010 78.2 −3.3 −4.05%
2009 81.5 −3.5 −4.12%
2008 85 −3.6 −4.06%
2007 88.6 −3.7 −4.01%
2006 92.3 −3.9 −4.05%
2005 96.2 −4 −3.99%
2004 100.2 −4.3 −4.11%
2003 104.5 −4.5 −4.13%
2002 109 −4.6 −4.05%
2001 113.6 −4.6 −3.89%
2000 118.2 −4.2 −3.43%
1999 122.4 −116.4 −48.74%
1998 238.8 +98.5 +70.21%
1997 140.3 −3.4 −2.37%
1996 143.7 −3.1 −2.11%
1995 146.8 +8.3 +5.99%
1994 138.5 −24.9 −15.24%
1993 163.4 −2.1 −1.27%
1992 165.5 +9.7 +6.23%
1991 155.8 −1.6 −1.02%
1990 157.4 −1.1 −0.69%
1989 158.5 −325.5 −67.25%
1988 484 +312.8 +182.71%
1987 171.2 +21.7 +14.52%
1986 149.5 −1.1 −0.73%
1985 150.6 −1.2 −0.79%
1984 151.8 −1.1 −0.72%
1983 152.9 −1.1 −0.71%
1982 154 −1.2 −0.77%
1981 155.2 −1.4 −0.89%
1980 156.6 −1.3 −0.82%
1979 157.9 −1.8 −1.13%
1978 159.7 −1.8 −1.11%
1977 161.5 −1.6 −0.98%
1976 163.1 −1.7 −1.03%
1975 164.8 −1.8 −1.08%
1974 166.6 −1.9 −1.13%
1973 168.5 −1.8 −1.06%
1972 170.3 −2 −1.16%
1971 172.3 −36.1 −17.32%
1970 208.4 −2.2 −1.04%
1969 210.6 +1.6 +0.77%
1968 209 −2.2 −1.04%
1967 211.2 −2.3 −1.08%
1966 213.5 +28.1 +15.16%
1965 185.4 −2.1 −1.12%
1964 187.5 −19.5 −9.42%
1963 207 +15.6 +8.15%
1962 191.4 −2.3 −1.19%
1961 193.7 −2.2 −1.12%
1960 195.9

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.