Kiribati vs Timor-Leste: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Kiribati
5.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste
4.93 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
27th
Timor-Leste rank
30th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Kiribati
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 5.38 deaths per 100 live births against 4.93 deaths per 100 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.45 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Timor-Leste's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Kiribati ranks 27th and Timor-Leste ranks 30th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Timor-Leste in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.07 deaths per 100 live births | 20.99 deaths per 100 live births | 12.93 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 6.22 deaths per 100 live births | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 3.51 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 5.95 deaths per 100 live births | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5359 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4192 deaths per 100 live births | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Kiribati or Timor-Leste?
- Kiribati, at 5.38 deaths per 100 live births against 4.93 deaths per 100 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Kiribati and Timor-Leste?
- 0.45 deaths per 100 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Timor-Leste?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Timor-Leste rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Kiribati ranks 27th and Timor-Leste ranks 30th of 106 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 rate by household wealth. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.