East Timor vs Uganda: Child mortality rate
East Timor
4.76 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uganda
4.87 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
East Timor rank
33rd
Uganda rank
31st
Child mortality rate over time
- East Timor
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 4.87 deaths per 100 live births against 4.76 deaths per 100 live births in East Timor, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 33rd and Uganda ranks 31st of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.44 deaths per 100 live births | 19.68 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 1990s | 19.93 deaths per 100 live births | 16.52 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 9.12 deaths per 100 live births | 11.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | Uganda |
| 2010s | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 6.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.099 deaths per 100 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 0.074 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, East Timor or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 4.87 deaths per 100 live births against 4.76 deaths per 100 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between East Timor and Uganda?
- 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Uganda rank globally for child mortality rate?
- East Timor ranks 33rd and Uganda ranks 31st 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.