Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Timor-Leste
4.93 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
4.87 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
30th
Zambia rank
31st
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 4.93 deaths per 100 live births against 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 31st of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.99 deaths per 100 live births | 17.84 deaths per 100 live births | 3.16 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 11.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | Zambia |
| 2010s | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | 6.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1317 deaths per 100 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 5.25 deaths per 100 live births | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2156 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 household wealth, Timor-Leste or Zambia?
- Timor-Leste, at 4.93 deaths per 100 live births against 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Timor-Leste ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 31st 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.