Latin America & Caribbean vs East Timor: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Latin America & Caribbean
14.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Timor
38.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean rank
32nd
East Timor rank
34th
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 38.2 per 1,000 live births against 14.6 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 23.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes East Timor's figure about 2.6 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and East Timor ranks 34th of 47 groups.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.7 per 1,000 live births | 148.34 per 1,000 live births | 108.64 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 24.63 per 1,000 live births | 73.26 per 1,000 live births | 48.63 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 17.82 per 1,000 live births | 49.18 per 1,000 live births | 31.36 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 15.28 per 1,000 live births | 40.4 per 1,000 live births | 25.12 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, male, Latin America & Caribbean or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 38.2 per 1,000 live births against 14.6 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Latin America & Caribbean and East Timor?
- 23.6 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and East Timor?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and East Timor ranks 34th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.