South Africa's life expectancy rose from 61.6 yrs in 1995 to 66.3 yrs in 2024.
South Africa · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
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South Africa's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 49.4 yrs in 2000 to 52.8 yrs in 2021.
South Africa's infant mortality fell from 46.0 ‰ in 1995 to 24.2 ‰ in 2024.
South Africa's under-5 mortality rate fell from 59.2 ‰ in 1995 to 35.1 ‰ in 2024.
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio fell from 133.0 /100k in 1994 to 118.0 /100k in 2023.
South Africa's ncd mortality rose from 21.6 % in 2000 to 22.7 % in 2021.
South Africa's suicide mortality rate rose from 13.1 /100k in 2000 to 22.3 /100k in 2021.
South Africa's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 44.0 /100k in 2000 to 22.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.2 pts46th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −5.9 %84th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.0 pts11th of 192
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- Physiciansup +1.7 %79th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +534.2 %38th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −3.0 %80th of 144*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −4.0 pts154th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −5.0 pts159th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.4 pts147th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −8.9 %197th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.5 pts90th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.6 pts59th of 141