East Timor vs Zambia: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
East Timor
30.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
31 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Timor rank
36th
Zambia rank
35th
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- East Timor
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 31 per 1,000 live births against 30.9 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 35th of 197 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 176.14 per 1,000 live births | 90.18 per 1,000 live births | 85.96 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 1990s | 135.09 per 1,000 live births | 92.2 per 1,000 live births | 42.89 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 62.78 per 1,000 live births | 60.73 per 1,000 live births | 2.05 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 40.39 per 1,000 live births | 38.18 per 1,000 live births | 2.21 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 32.76 per 1,000 live births | 31.62 per 1,000 live births | 1.14 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, East Timor or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 31 per 1,000 live births against 30.9 per 1,000 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between East Timor and Zambia?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- East Timor ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 35th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.