East Asia & Pacific vs East Timor: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
East Asia & Pacific
10.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Timor
34.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific rank
37th
East Timor rank
34th
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- East Asia & Pacific
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 34.6 per 1,000 live births against 10.7 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 23.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes East Timor's figure about 3.2 times East Asia & Pacific's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 37th 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 | East Asia & Pacific | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.52 per 1,000 live births | 141.86 per 1,000 live births | 102.34 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 24.42 per 1,000 live births | 68.16 per 1,000 live births | 43.74 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 13.84 per 1,000 live births | 44.93 per 1,000 live births | 31.09 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 11.26 per 1,000 live births | 36.68 per 1,000 live births | 25.42 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, East Asia & Pacific or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 34.6 per 1,000 live births against 10.7 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between East Asia & Pacific and East Timor?
- 23.9 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and East Timor?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do East Asia & Pacific and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 37th 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.