Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 122.3 | 115.0 | 94.4 | 68.9 | 64.4 | 60.4 | 56.7 | 53.6 | 51.1 | 48.9 | 47.0 | 45.3 | 43.8 | 42.3 | 40.9 | 39.6 | 38.3 | |
| Botswana | 94.6 | 38.9 | 42.5 | 43.0 | 50.5 | 52.0 | 48.8 | 47.6 | 48.4 | 47.2 | 46.7 | 44.3 | 43.2 | 42.3 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 39.2 | 38.2 |
| Comoros | 93.5 | 64.8 | 54.6 | 47.0 | 45.9 | 44.9 | 44.0 | 43.2 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 37.8 | 36.8 | 35.7 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 127.5 | 102.4 | 91.2 | 78.6 | 65.9 | 63.8 | 61.8 | 59.9 | 58.0 | 56.2 | 54.5 | 52.9 | 51.3 | 49.8 | 48.4 | 47.1 | 45.8 | 44.5 |
| Lesotho | 139.9 | 74.5 | 78.0 | 81.4 | 76.1 | 73.3 | 73.1 | 72.8 | 71.2 | 69.3 | 68.3 | 68.2 | 64.9 | 63.3 | 61.2 | 59.8 | 57.6 | 55.4 |
| Madagascar | 91.1 | 65.5 | 54.2 | 46.2 | 45.2 | 44.6 | 44.1 | 43.9 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 43.9 | 44.2 | 44.5 | 44.7 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 44.2 | |
| Malawi | 164.8 | 133.1 | 100.2 | 65.1 | 53.6 | 49.9 | 46.6 | 43.6 | 41.4 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 36.1 | 34.5 | 33.6 | 32.3 | 31.4 | 30.5 | 29.4 |
| Mauritius | 60.6 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.5 |
| Mozambique | 148.9 | 146.7 | 106.1 | 80.2 | 63.5 | 59.7 | 57.5 | 56.1 | 54.8 | 53.8 | 52.9 | 51.5 | 50.6 | 49.7 | 49.1 | 47.7 | 46.5 | 45.4 |
| Namibia | 59.3 | 56.1 | 45.9 | 38.4 | 42.7 | 44.4 | 48.0 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 47.5 | 47.6 | 46.3 | 45.7 | 44.6 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 38.4 |
| Seychelles | 51.0 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| South Africa | 52.8 | 46.9 | 47.9 | 35.4 | 33.9 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 30.9 | 29.7 | 28.4 | 27.3 | 26.3 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 24.4 | |
| इस्वातिनी | 116.8 | 56.6 | 73.0 | 74.7 | 62.0 | 57.8 | 58.0 | 57.4 | 57.9 | 54.9 | 52.0 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 48.2 | 47.1 | 45.8 | 44.6 | 43.5 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 114.9 | 105.4 | 85.3 | 62.3 | 48.5 | 46.6 | 45.0 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 41.1 | 39.5 | 37.7 | 36.0 | 34.7 | 33.5 | 32.4 | 31.2 | 29.9 |
| Zambia | 91.1 | 101.6 | 89.4 | 61.2 | 49.0 | 47.6 | 46.4 | 44.7 | 43.3 | 42.5 | 40.9 | 38.8 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 34.5 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 30.9 |
| Zimbabwe | 67.1 | 52.8 | 59.3 | 66.6 | 67.6 | 64.7 | 59.9 | 57.0 | 54.3 | 52.8 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 47.4 | 46.0 | 44.9 | 43.6 | 42.2 | 40.6 |