What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?

0.15 deaths per 100 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs Timor-Leste: Child mortality by sex

Ethiopia

5.02 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

5.17 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

35th

Timor-Leste rank

33rd

Child mortality by sex over time

Ethiopia
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 5.17 deaths per 100 live births against 5.02 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 35th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 4 and Timor-Leste in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	26.13 deaths per 100 live births	25.93 deaths per 100 live births	0.2064 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
1990s	18.78 deaths per 100 live births	20.59 deaths per 100 live births	1.81 deaths per 100 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	12.3 deaths per 100 live births	9.67 deaths per 100 live births	2.64 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	7.49 deaths per 100 live births	6.66 deaths per 100 live births	0.8295 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	6.33 deaths per 100 live births	5.48 deaths per 100 live births	0.8441 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Ethiopia or Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, at 5.17 deaths per 100 live births against 5.02 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?: 0.15 deaths per 100 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Timor-Leste rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Ethiopia ranks 35th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .