Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 115.0 | 45.1 | 77.0 | 65.9 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 48.1 | 45.8 | 45.9 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.2 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 36.3 | 35.3 |
| Lesotho | 169.0 | 77.4 | 101.1 | 106.7 | 81.7 | 77.8 | 74.6 | 72.4 | 70.5 | 67.6 | 64.6 | 64.0 | 62.0 | 61.8 | 60.1 | 57.8 | 55.2 | 52.8 |
| Namibia | 91.2 | 68.2 | 72.6 | 65.7 | 45.9 | 46.7 | 49.8 | 48.7 | 48.0 | 49.8 | 49.0 | 46.8 | 45.2 | 43.0 | 41.1 | 39.4 | 37.7 | 36.6 |
| South Africa | 52.3 | 66.5 | 75.9 | 46.5 | 41.7 | 39.2 | 37.7 | 36.5 | 35.2 | 33.9 | 32.9 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 31.9 | |
| इस्वातिनी | 155.2 | 60.6 | 101.5 | 108.3 | 75.2 | 61.8 | 57.5 | 55.4 | 55.6 | 52.7 | 49.6 | 48.7 | 45.6 | 46.2 | 44.6 | 42.7 | 41.4 | 40.2 |