Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Timor-Leste
0.2219 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Zambia
0.2201 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
25th
Zambia rank
26th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2201 under-five deaths per woman in Zambia, a difference of 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.39 under-five deaths per woman | 1.16 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2286 under-five deaths per woman | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman | 1.08 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0981 under-five deaths per woman | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 0.5211 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1154 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.2517 under-five deaths per woman | 0.307 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0552 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.2079 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2246 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0167 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Timor-Leste or Zambia?
- Timor-Leste, at 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2201 under-five deaths per woman in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Timor-Leste ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).