Eswatini vs Timor-Leste: Child mortality rate by sex
Eswatini
4.02 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste
4.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Eswatini
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 4.02 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.32 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Eswatini ranks 35th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.88 deaths per 100 live births | 24.3 deaths per 100 live births | 17.42 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 7.45 deaths per 100 live births | 19.24 deaths per 100 live births | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 10.26 deaths per 100 live births | 8.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 5.4 deaths per 100 live births | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2779 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 4.23 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3872 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 by sex, Eswatini or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 4.02 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Eswatini and Timor-Leste?
- 0.32 deaths per 100 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Timor-Leste?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Timor-Leste rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Eswatini 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) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .