Infant mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
The infant mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 47.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
47.1
Change from 2023
−1.1per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
27.7 per 1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47.1 per 1,000 live births | 27.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 48.2 per 1,000 live births | 28.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 50.8 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 50.4 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 49.6 per 1,000 live births | 29.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 50.5 per 1,000 live births | 29.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 51.1 per 1,000 live births | 29.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 53.0 per 1,000 live births | 30.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 53.5 per 1,000 live births | 30.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 54.2 per 1,000 live births | 31.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 55.1 per 1,000 live births | 32.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 55.6 per 1,000 live births | 33.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 57.2 per 1,000 live births | 34.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 60.5 per 1,000 live births | 35.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 60.6 per 1,000 live births | 36.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 63.0 per 1,000 live births | 38.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 64.1 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 66.5 per 1,000 live births | 40.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 69.1 per 1,000 live births | 42.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 72.1 per 1,000 live births | 44.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 76.5 per 1,000 live births | 46.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 79.4 per 1,000 live births | 48.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 82.7 per 1,000 live births | 49.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 86.7 per 1,000 live births | 51.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 88.9 per 1,000 live births | 53.3 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 from 48.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 55.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −8.0.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.
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Under-five mortality rate
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Life expectancy at birth
62.8 years
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Life expectancy at birth, women
65.0 years
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Life expectancy at birth, men
60.7 years
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Health spending share of GDP
4.9%
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Maternal mortality ratio
448 per 100,000 live births
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