Infant Mortality Rate: South Sudan, Republic of

Analysis# South Sudan, Republic of Infant Mortality Rate South Sudan's infant mortality rate stands at 71.9 per 1,000 births in 2024, representing a dramatic 63.3% decline since 1960. The country reached its all-time peak of 484 per 1,000 births in 1988 before beginning a sustained downward trajectory. The current rate matches the all-time low achieved in 2019, indicating stabilization at this improved level after decades of severe childhood mortality challenges. A sharp improvement occurred between 2017 and 2018, when the rate plummeted from 181.5 to 92.9 per 1,000 births—a 49% single-year drop. Since 2019, the metric has remained flat at 71.9, suggesting either a plateau in progress or stabilization around newly achieved gains. The sustained rate over the past five years reflects ongoing but limited improvement in infant survival outcomes.