Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Timor-Leste
4.76 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
4.84 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Zambia rank
32nd
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.84 deaths per 100 live births against 4.76 deaths per 100 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 32nd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.44 deaths per 100 live births | 16.95 deaths per 100 live births | 7.49 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 19.93 deaths per 100 live births | 17.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 9.12 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | Zambia |
| 2010s | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 6.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.065 deaths per 100 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.06 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Timor-Leste or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.84 deaths per 100 live births against 4.76 deaths per 100 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 32nd 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.