Ethiopia vs Timor-Leste: Child mortality rate by sex
Ethiopia
3.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste
4.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Ethiopia
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 3.85 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.49 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 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 36th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.33 deaths per 100 live births | 24.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9685 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 16.16 deaths per 100 live births | 19.24 deaths per 100 live births | 3.07 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 10.12 deaths per 100 live births | 8.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 5.84 deaths per 100 live births | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1684 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4653 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Ethiopia or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 3.85 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
- 0.49 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 rate by sex?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th 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 .