Ethiopia vs Timor-Leste: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Ethiopia
4.45 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste
4.76 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ethiopia
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 4.76 deaths per 100 live births against 4.45 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.31 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 36th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 200 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 | 26.84 deaths per 100 live births | 24.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 17.51 deaths per 100 live births | 19.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 11.23 deaths per 100 live births | 9.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 6.68 deaths per 100 live births | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.504 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.662 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Ethiopia or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 4.76 deaths per 100 live births against 4.45 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
- 0.31 deaths per 100 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Timor-Leste rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.