Eswatini vs East Timor: Child mortality rate
Eswatini
4.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
East Timor
4.76 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
East Timor rank
33rd
Child mortality rate over time
- Eswatini
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 4.76 deaths per 100 live births against 4.51 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.25 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was East Timor ahead.
Eswatini ranks 35th and East Timor ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.27 deaths per 100 live births | 24.44 deaths per 100 live births | 16.17 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 1990s | 8.18 deaths per 100 live births | 19.93 deaths per 100 live births | 11.75 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 10.95 deaths per 100 live births | 9.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 6 deaths per 100 live births | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.186 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 4.74 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.318 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Eswatini or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 4.76 deaths per 100 live births against 4.51 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Eswatini and East Timor?
- 0.25 deaths per 100 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and East Timor?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and East Timor rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Eswatini ranks 35th and East Timor ranks 33rd 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.